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Introducing Archaeology

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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 7.3 Geological Epochs

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

Table 11.2 American Trash

Boxes

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Box 1.1 Archaeology and Popular Culture

Box 1.2 Archaeology and Nuclear Waste

Box 2.1 King Tut

Box 2.2 Feminist Archaeology

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 6.1 Coprolites

Box 6.2 Artifacts in Crisis: Orphaned and Neglected Archaeological Collections

Box 7.1 Fire!

Box 7.2 Beer!

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 10.1 Pseudoarchaeology

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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