▪ Abstract Historical archaeologists have given relatively scant attention to the study of
Native Americans. Despite the potential to contribute to new understandings about Native …

The archaeology of the contemporary past is becoming an important subfield within the
discipline and one attractive not only to archaeologists but to social scientists and artists …

An overview of the relationship between archaeology and history is presented as the context
in which to situate the argument that a rapprochement between the disciplines can be …

What is historical archaeology and why is it important? Well-known archaeologist Barbara
Little addresses these key questions for introductory students in this concise, inexpensive …

This book is about historical archaeologies all over the world; about their history, their
methods, and their raison d'etre. The focus is on an existential question for archaeology …

This exciting 2001 collection on a movement in urban archaeology investigates the historical
archaeology of urban slums. The material that is dug up-broken dinner plates, glass grog …

Historical archaeology has expanded greatly in the past decade. This essay discusses some
of the trends and themes that have become important in historical archaeology in the United …

The article considers the importance of frontier studies in historical archaeology and
discusses applicability of some of the concepts deriving from postcolonial theories for a …

How do archaeologists make knowledge? Debates in the latter half of the twentieth century
revolved around broad, abstract philosophies and theories such as positivism and …

The current epoch of “globalization,” in which European-American political and economic
forms are exported and used to dominate other areas of the world, is not a new …