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Preface to the Third Edition | |
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Preface to the Second Edition | |
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Preface to the First Edition | |
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Introduction | |
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The Nature of Archaeology | |
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Archaeology in World Historical Perspective | |
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American Archaeology: A Definition | |
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The Speculative Period (1492-1840) | |
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The Americas: Discovery and Origins of the Native Americans | |
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The Early Chroniclers and Historical Interests | |
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The Explorers and the Armchair Speculators | |
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The Forerunners of an Established Discipline of Archaeology | |
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An Appraisal and Signs for the Future | |
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The Classificatory-Descriptive Period (1840-1914) | |
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Archaeological Research in North America | |
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Archaeological Research in Middle America | |
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Archaeological Research in South America | |
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The Development of Concepts and Methods | |
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The Classificatory-Historical Period: The Concern with Chronology (1914-1940) | |
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The Stratigraphic Revolution | |
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Seriation | |
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Typology and Artifact (Pottery) Classification | |
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Culture-Classification Schemes | |
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The Direct-Historical Approach | |
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Area Synthesis: The Goal | |
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Interareal Considerations | |
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Considerations of the Early Peopling of the Americas | |
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Field Methods and Techniques | |
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Appraisal of Trends | |
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The Classificatory-Historical Period: The Concern with Context and Function (1940-1960) | |
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The First Dissatisfactions | |
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Context and Function: Artifacts as Behavior | |
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Settlement Patterns | |
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Culture and Environment | |
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Scientific Aids from Other Disciplines | |
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The Continued Concern with Chronology and Time-Space Synthesis | |
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Historical and Developmental Concepts | |
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The Modern Period: New and Continuing Ways of Explaining and Understanding the Past (1960-1992) | |
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The New Archaeology | |
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Some Archaeological Researches of the 1960s | |
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Consolidating and Broadening the New Archaeological Agenda | |
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Mainstream Accommodations to the New Archaeology | |
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Postprocessual Reactions to the New Archaeology | |
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Epilogue | |
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Bibliography | |
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Name Index | |
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Subject Index | |