Between Dirt and Discussion Methods, Methodology, and Interpretation

Interpretations of the past are under constant critical scrutiny in archaeology. In recent decades, theoretical views have profoundly changed the conceptions of both "the past" and archaeologists' relationship to this object of study. However, our basic e

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Between Dirt and Discussion Methods, Methodology, and Interpretation in Historical Archaeology

Between Dirt and Discussion Methods, Methodology, and Interpretation in Historical Archaeology

Edited by

Steven N. Archer Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Williamsburg, Virginia College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia

and

Kevin M. Bartoy Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Williamsburg, Virginia Pacific Legacy, Inc. Berkeley, California

Springer

Steven N. Archer Department of Archaeological Research Laboratory Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 303 N. Botetourt Street Williamsburg, VA 23187 [email protected]

Kevin Bartoy Pacific Legacy, Inc 900 Modoc Street Berkeley, CA 94707 [email protected]

Library of Congress Control Number: 2006925172 ISBN 10: 0-387-34218-4 ISBN 13: 978-0387-34218-4

e-ISBN 0-387-34219-2

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CONTRIBUTORS

Anna S. Agbe-Davies, DePaul University, Department of Anthropology, 2343 N. Racine Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60614 Steven N. Archer, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Department of Archaeological Research, P.O. Box 1776, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187 Hannah Ballard, Pacific Legacy, Inc., 900 Modoc Street, Berkeley, California 94707 Kevin M. Bartoy, Pacific Legacy, Inc., 900 Modoc Street, Berkeley, California 94707 Marley R. Brown III, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Department of Archaeological Research, P.O. Box 1776, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187 Bonnie J. Clark, University of Denver, Department of Anthropology, 2000 E. Asbury, Sturm Hall 146, Denver, Colorado 80208 Kathleen L. Corbett, University of California at Berkeley, Department of Architecture, 370 Wurster Hall, Berkeley, California 94720 Kelly J. Dixon, University of Montana, Department of Anthropology, Missoula, Montana 59812 Andrew C. Edwards, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Department of Archaeological Research, P.O. Box 1776, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187

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Contributors

Edward Harris, Bermuda Maritime Museum, P.O. Box MA 133, Mangrove Bay, Bermuda MA BX John Holson, Pacific Legacy, Inc., 900 Modoc Street, Berkeley, California 94707 Mark Kostro, College of William and Mary, Department of Anthropology, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, Virginia, 23187 Scott Madry, University of North Carolina at Cha