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| Preface | |
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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| Approaches To Assessing Significance | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What Is the Modern World? | |
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| Modern World Archaeological Remains | |
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| The Value of Modern World Sites | |
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| The Legal Context of Significance | |
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| Assessing Significance Matters in the Modern World | |
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| Determining National Register Eligibility | |
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| Eligibility Step 1. Categorize the Property | |
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| Eligibility Step 2. Determine Which Historic Context(s) the Property Represents and How Property Represents and How Property Types Relate to the Archaeological Resources | |
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| Eligibility Step 3. Evaluate Significance under National Register Criteria A-D | |
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| Eligibility Step 4. Apply Criteria Considerations | |
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| Eligibility Step 5. Determine If Property Retains Sufficient Integrity to Convey Its Significance | |
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| Nominating Properties to the National Register | |
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| Scientific and Scholarly Significance | |
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| What Is Archaeological Information? | |
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| What Are the Sources of Archaeological Information? | |
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| Assessing the Information Content of Sites | |
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| What Makes Archaeological Information Important? | |
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| Dealing with Redundancy | |
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| Case Study: Examining World Systems | |
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| Case Study: Power and the Plantation | |
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| What's Next? | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Linear Sites | |
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| Building Context: Defining Sociotechnical Systems | |
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| Assessing the Information Value of Historic Trails | |
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| Case Study: Portage Trails in Minnesota | |
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| Case Study: Assessing Water Conveyance Systems | |
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| Case Study: Railroad Logging in Arizona | |
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| Case Study: The Henness Pass Road | |
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| Industrial Sites and Monuments | |
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| Defining Industrial Property Types | |
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| Linking Archaeological Resources to Property Types | |
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| Assessing the Historical Value of Industrial Sites | |
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| Evaluating Industrial Technology Sites | |
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| Industrial Social Formations | |
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| Industrial Landscapes | |
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| Case Study: Bodie Historic District | |
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| Case Study: The Iron and Steel Resources of Pennsylvania, 1716-1945 | |
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| Case Study: Wood's Gristmill | |
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| Domestic Sites and Farmsteads | |
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| Property Types and Research Questions | |
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| Case Study: Historic Agriculture Resources of Pennsylvania | |
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| Case Study: Rural Resources of Leon County, Florida | |
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| Case Study: Rural Villages at Fort Drum, New York | |
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| Case Study: Homesteads | |
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| Case Study: Ozark and Ouachita Rural Households | |
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| Large-Scale Sites | |
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| Plantations and Ranches | |
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| Mining Districts | |
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| Engineering Projects | |
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| Townsites | |
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| Military Properties | |
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| Summary | |
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| Archaeology Is Important to the Recent Past | |
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| Historical Archaeology Is Still Archaeology | |
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| The Recent Past Also Needs Good Research Designs | |
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| There Are Many Pathways to the Recent Past | |
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| Information Needs Focus | |
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| Abundant Sites Are Significant | |
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| Recent Sites Help Understand Global Ecological Change | |
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| Recent Sites Are Not Isolated | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |