Well written, accessible, and current. The papers included here attest to the fact that behavioral archaeology is still very much alive and well. A welcome contribution to the general field of archaeology.
Michael J. O’Brien, professor of anthropology, University of Missouri; coauthor of I’ll Have What She’s Having: Mapping Social Behavior
About the Author
William H. Walker is a professor of anthropology at New Mexico State University. He is the coauthor of The Joyce Well Site: On the Frontier of the Casas Grandes World (University of Utah Press, 2002) and Expanding Archaeology (University of Utah Press, 1995).
James M. Skibo is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Illinois State University. He is coeditor of the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, editor of the Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry series, and author of numerous books on anthropology and archaeology, including Ants for Breakfast (University of Utah Press, 1999).
Table of Contents
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1. Introduction to Explorations in Behavioral Archaeology – William H. Walker and James M. Skibo
2. Behavioral Assessment of a Battlefield Signature: The Study of a Pompeii-Like Event – Deni J. Seymour
3. Prior Probabilities and Explicit Assumptions in Paleoindian Chronology Building – John E. Douglas
4. A Behavioral Archaeology of Ancient Migrations – Patrick D. Lyons
5. Why No Kayenta at Chodistaas Pueblo? A Behavioral Archaeology Critique – Stephanie M. Whittlesey and J. Jefferson Reid
6. The Opportunistic Midden at Post-Contact-Period New Hampshire Sites – Kathleen Wheeler
7. Behavioral Archaeology in the Ballona Wetlands – Donn R. Grenda and Richard Ciolek-Torello
8. Applying Behavioral Archaeology to the Fine Arts: Theory into Practice – Alysia Fischer
9. Looking for the Point: Understanding Bone and Metal Awl Use on the Northern Plains – Janet L. Griffitts
10. Assessing the Value of Cracked Pots: Ceramic Repair and Life History at Homol’ovi – Lisa C. Young and Claire S. Barker
11. The Adoption of Pottery in the Eastern United States: A Performance-Based Approach – James M. Skibo
12. The Behavioral Scale? – William H. Walker
13. Behavior and Practice in Archaeology: A Realist View – Axel E. Nielsen
14. Modern Material Culture and Ruins in Ambos Nogales (Arizona and Sonora) – Randall H. McGuire
15. Technological Continuity and Change Post-Disaster: A Behavioral Model – Kacy L. Hollenback
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