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| Introduction | |
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| Viewing the Past Understanding | |
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| Ourselves through Our Past Destruction of Our Heritage | |
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| What Is Archaeology? | |
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| Archaeology and Pseudoarchaeology Archaeology and Science | |
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| Archaeology and History Historical and Prehistoric | |
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| Archaeology Archaeology, Anthropology, and Culture | |
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| Archaeology as a Profession | |
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| Archaeologists at Work: Patty Jo Watson: Archaeology and Science | |
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| The Origins of Archaeology | |
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| The Growth of the Scientific Disciplines | |
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| Antiquarians and the Origins of Archaeology | |
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| The Transition to Professional Archaeology | |
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| The Emergence of Modern Archaeology | |
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| Contemporary Approaches Culture History | |
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| Cultural Process | |
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| Emergent Perspectives | |
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| The Interplay of Archaeological Perspectives | |
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| Archaeologists at Work: Kent V. Flannery: Coping with Explanation in Archaeology: Advice from the Master | |
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| Constructs: The Nature of Archaeological Data | |
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| The Forms of Archaeological Data | |
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| The Determinants of Archaeological Data | |
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| The Structure of Archaeological Data | |
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| Approaches to Archaeological Data Gathering | |
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| Archaeologists at Work: Steven A. LeBlane | |
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| Of Pots and Pillage | |
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| Archaeological Research | |
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| The Scope of Research Research Projects | |
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| Research Design A Case Study in Research Design | |
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| Modern Archaeological Research at Cop�n, Honduras | |
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| Archaeologists at Work: Mary Carroll: Using Information Technology in Archeology | |
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| Archaeological Reconnaissance and Surface Survey | |
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| Objectives of Reconnaissance and Surface | |
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| Survey Literature, Luck, and Legends | |
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| Methods of Reconnaissance and Surface Survey | |
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| Approaches to Reconnaissnce and Surface Survey | |
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| Reliability of Surface Collection Site | |
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| Definition by Reconnaissance and Surface Survey | |
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| Excavation Stratification and Stratigraphy | |
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| Approaches to Excavation Excavation Methodology | |
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| Archaeologists at Work: David W. Sedat: A Day in the Life of a Field Archaeologist | |
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| Field Processing and Classification Data Processing Classification | |
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| Temporal Frameworks Archaeological | |
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| Age Determination Geological and Geochemical | |
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| Age Determination Faunal and Floral Associations Radiometric | |
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| Age Determination Archaeomagnetic | |
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| Age Determination Calendrical | |
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| Age Determination Evaluating | |
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| Age Determination Methods Experimental Methods | |
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| Analysis of Artifacts | |
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| Lithic Artifacts | |
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| Ceramic Artifacts | |
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| Metal Artifacts | |
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| Organic Artifacts | |
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| Artifacts and Sampling | |
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| Archaeologists at Work | |
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| Pottery in the High Tech Lab | |
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| Analysis of Ecofacts Floral | |
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| Remains Faunal | |
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| Remains Human | |
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| Remains Soils and Sediments | |
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| Ecofacts and Sampling | |
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| Analysis of Features Constructed | |
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| Features Cummulative Features | |
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| Features and Sampling | |
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| Analogy and Archaeological Interpretation | |
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| Using Analogy in Interpretation | |
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| Misuse of Analogy Specific | |
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| Analogy General Analogy | |
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| Sources for Analogy Archaeologists at Work | |
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| Letting Lions Speak for Fossil Bones | |
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| Technology and Environment | |
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| Relating Culture and Environment | |
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| Reconstructing | |
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| Technology Reconstructing | |
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| Environment Reconstructing Subsistence | |
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| Archaeologists at Work | |
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| Dawn of a New Stone Age in Eye Surgery | |
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| Social Systems Exchange | |
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| Systems Settlement | |
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| Archaeology Population Reconstruction Social | |
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| Implications from Burials Evidence of Social Identities | |
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| Archaeologists at Work: Lynne Goldstein: Excavating Burials Today | |
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| Ideological and Symbol | |
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| Systems Recognizing and Analyzing | |
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| Symbols Abstract and Depictive | |
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| Material Symbols Writing, Notation, and Measurement Systems | |
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| Worldviews Ideology and Cultural Change Archaeologists at Work | |
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| The Archaeological Study of Gender | |
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| Frameworks for the Past Culture Historical | |
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| Frameworks Cultural | |
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| Processual Frameworks | |
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| Emergent Frameworks Multiple | |
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| Approaches to Understanding the Past Causes of Prehistoric Cultural Change | |
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| Challenges to Archaeology | |
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| Major Sources of Challenge | |
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| Facing the Challenges to Archaeology | |
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| The Responsibilities of Archaeology | |
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| Archaeologists at Work | |
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| The Mirror, the Bridge, and the Long | |
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| Road Home: My Work as a Native | |
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| American Archaeologist | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |