Historical archaeology : why the past matters (English text!)

Häftad bok. Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast. 2007. 208 sidor.

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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, and well-written text. Little covers the goals of historical archaeological work, the kinds of questions it asks, and the ethical and political concerns it raises. She shows what historical archaeology can provide that neither of its parent disciplines can offer alone. Little offers brief snapshots of key American sites: Jamestown, Mission San Luis, West Oakland, the African American Burial Ground, and the Garbage Project, among others. And she shows how historical archaeology is inextricably linked to public education, justice issues, and our collective understanding of the past. As an introductory guide for historical archaeology and similar courses, or as thought-provoking reading for professionals, this volume is unmatched in quality and scope.
Barbara J. Little (born 1958) graduated at Penn State University with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology. She received a doctoral degree in anthropology from the State University of New York at Buffalo, in 1987, with a dissertation entitled Ideology and Media: Historical Archaeology of Printing in Eighteenth-Century Annapolis, Maryland. She has a long history of federal service as an archaeologist in the Archeology Program, National Parks Service and teaches anthropology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her areas of interest are public archaeology and public history; historical archaeology; method and theory; feminist archaeology; and North America and other parts of the British colonial world.