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Tables
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Table 1.1 Branches of Anthropology
Table 1.2 Principal Functions of the Heritage Industry
Table 2.1 The Unilinear Theory of Cultural Evolution
Table 3.1 Archaeological Subfields and Specialties
Table 3.2a National and International Heritage Regulations
Table 3.2b National and International Heritage Regulations (cont'd)
Table 3.3a Selected UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Table 3.3b Selected UNESCO World Heritage Sites (cont'd)
Table 3.4 Major Archaeological Associations and Issues Addressed by Their Codes of Ethics
Table 4.1 Major Types of Archaeological Sites
Table 4.2 Site Formation Processes
Table 4.3 Site Disturbance Processes
Table 5.1 Basic Stages of Archaeological Research
Table 5.2 Methods of Discovering Archaeological Sites
Table 5.3 Hazards of Archaeology
Table 6.1 Attributes of Various Methods of Chipping Stone
Table 6.2 Attributes of Various Methods of Pottery Manufacture
Table 7.1 Relative Dating Techniques
Table 7.2 Absolute Dating Techniques
Table 7.4 Major Time Frames in Archaeology
Table 8.1 Reasons for Reconstructing Palaeoenvironments
Table 8.2 Types of Settlement Pattern Studies in Archaeology
Table 8.3 Methods to Estimate Population
Table 8.4 Major Subsistence Strategies
Table 8.5 Criteria for Distinguishing Domestic versus Wild Plants and Animals
Table 9.1 Reconstructing Categories of Societies in Archaeology
Table 9.2 Reconstructing Identity in Archaeology
Table 9.3 Archaeological Indicators of Ritual
Table 9.4 Types and Archaeological Indicators of Cannibalism
Table 10.1 Three Levels of Archaeological Research
Table 10.2 Major Areas of Grand Theoretical Interest in Archaeology
Table 10.3 Conceptual Frameworks in Archaeology
Table 10.4 Explanations for the Collapse of Civilizations
Table 10.5 Major Kinds of Bias in Archaeological Explanations
Table 10.6 Criteria for Evaluating Archaeological Explanations
Table 11.1 Defining Attributes of Disaster Archaeology
Boxes
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Box 1.1 Archaeology and Popular Culture
Box 1.2 Archaeology and Nuclear Waste
Box 3.1 Archaeology and Indigenous Peoples of North America
Box 3.2a “To Infinity and Beyond!”: The Advent of Space Archaeology
Box 3.2b “To Infinity and Beyond!”: The Advent of Space Archaeology (cont'd)
Box 4.1 Decay of Human Remains
Box 4.2a Preserving the Archaeological Record: Taphonomy after Hurricane Katrina
Box 4.2b Preserving the Archaeological Record: Taphonomy after Hurricane Katrina (cont'd)
Box 5.1a From Exclusivity to Inclusivity: Making Archaeology an Equitable Profession
Box 5.1b From Exclusivity to Inclusivity: Making Archaeology an Equitable Profession (cont'd)
Box 5.2 Eating a Shrew in the Name of Archaeology
Box 6.2 Artifacts in Crisis: Orphaned and Neglected Archaeological Collections
Box 8.1 The Paleodiet and Other Fantasies
Box 8.2 Eat Like an Egyptian: Reconstructing Ancient Foodways
Box 9.1a Finding Children in the Past: Children’s Graffiti at Polly Hill Plantation
Box 9.1b Finding Children in the Past: Children’s Graffiti at Polly Hill Plantation (cont'd)
Box 9.2 Identifying Pirates in the Archaeological Record
Box 10.2a From Wolf to Fido: The Domestication of Dogs
Box 10.2b From Wolf to Fido: The Domestication of Dogs (cont'd)
Box 11.1 Archaeology of Undocumented Migration
Box 11.1 Fire and Ice: Archaeology and Our Changing Climate
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