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- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 What’s This All About?
- What Is Archaeology?
- Who Are You?
- What Is Cultural Resource Management?
- Who Am I? Pothunter to Professional
- What Archaeology Is Not
- Archaeology and Dinosaurs
- Treasure and Tombs
- The Archaeologist as Hero
- Varieties of Archaeology
- Sites, Artifacts, and Other Esoterica
- Chapter 2 Why Do Archaeology?
- Archaeology in My Backyard
- What’s an Archaeological Site?
- History, Prehistory, Protohistory
- Sites and Other Places
- Why Study a Site?
- Research
- Salvage
- Interpretation
- People’s Interests
- “Because it’s the law”
- Chapter 3 Principles and Practice
- Archaeological and Other Interests in the Past
- Data versus Stuff
- The Importance of Context
- Hypotheses and Tests
- Archaeology as a Box of Tools
- Use the Crudest Tool That Does the Job
- Efficiency is Balanced With Responsibility
- Ownership
- Who Pays?
- Archaeology Destroys
- Chapter 4 What’s It Like? The Practice of Archaeological Research
- Administration
- Nonfield Research
- Survey
- Excavation
- Analysis
- Reporting
- Curation
- Chapter 5 Archaeology in Cultural Resource Management
- Historic Preservation
- Collections Management
- Intangibles
- But What Is It?
- Direct Management of Resources
- Encouragement
- Impact Management
- Laws
- Where Archaeology Comes In
- Chapter 6 Who Does What? Archaeological Roles in Cultural Resource Management and Beyond
- The Academic Archaeologist
- The Museum Archaeologist
- The CRM Researcher
- The Archaeological Businessperson
- The Archaeological Bureaucrat
- The Shovelbum
- The Specialist
- Special Opportunities
- The Race Thing
- Other Important Roles
- Colleagues in Other Disciplines
- Clients and Employers
- Descendant and Other Associated Communities
- Avocational Archaeologists
- Collectors
- Pothunters, Traffickers, and Vandals
- The Interested Public
- Chapter 7 Key Issues in Cultural Resource Management Archaeology
- To Dig or Not to Dig?
- Indirect Impacts
- Archaeological Versus Other Impacts
- One Site or Two? Or Three? Or . . .
- The Relevance of Our Research
- Responsibility for the Stuff
- Repatriation and Reburial
- Avoiding Surprises
- Survey Standards
- Cooperating With the Bad Guys
- Management and Labor
- Doing Another Discipline’s Work
- What Makes a Site Significant?
- Chapter 8 Conclusion: A View from My Backyard
- Appendix A A Small and Unsystematic Sample of Archaeology-Related Worldwide Web Sites
- Appendix B Some Cultural Resource Laws and International Standards
- National Laws
- International Standards
- UNESCO Conventions
- UNESCO Recommendations
- Notes
- Glossary
- For Further Reading
- Archaeology
- Cultural Resource Management
- Travel Guides
- Index
- About the Author
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