Historical archaeology : why the past matters / Barbara J. Little.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Little, Barbara J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2007.
Subjects:	Archaeology and history. Historic sites. Excavations (Archaeology) Archaeology > Philosophy. Archaeology > Methodology.
Online Access:	Table of contents only

Table of Contents:

Do history and historical archaeology matter?
Section 1: What are our ambitions? The goals of historical archaeology
Preserving and interpreting sites
Rewriting documentary history
Reconstructing ways of life
Improving archaeological methods
Understanding modernization and globalization
Section 2: What do we care about? A questioning attitude
Defining our topics
Colonialism, capitalism, and slavery
What is our evidence?
Ideology, ambiguity, and muted groups
Ethical considerations
Section 3: A windshield survey of historical archaeology. Introduction to a windshield survey of historical archaeology
The survival of the English colony at Jamestown
Mission San Luis de Talimali
Enclosure of the English countryside
Capitalism, the Georgian order, and a woman
Australia's convict past
African American life
The machine in the garden
The inner-city working class
Garbage and garbage-in-waiting
Section 4: Historical archaeology as public scholarship. Introduction to public archaeology
Public memory and public places
Education and outreach
What about the painful past?
History and the culture wars
Civic renewal and restorative justice
Transformative learning
Some closing thoughts.

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