Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-440) and index.

Meet some real archaeologists -- The structure of archaeological inquiry -- Doing fieldwork : surveying for archaeological sites -- Doing fieldwork : why archaeologists dig square holes -- Geoarchaeology and site formation processes -- Chronology building : how to get a date -- The dimensions of archaeology : time, space, and form -- Taphonomy, experimental archaeology, and ethnoarchaeology -- People, plants, and animals in the past -- Bioarchaeological approaches to the past -- Reconstructing social and political systems of the past -- The archaeology of the mind -- Understanding key transitions in world prehistory -- Historical archaeology : insights on American history -- Caring for America's cultural heritage -- Archaeology's future.

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