Historical Archaeology: Why the Past Matters Book

List of Figures     7
Preface     9
Acknowledgments     11
Do History and Historical Archaeology Matter?     13
What Are Our Ambitions?
The Goals of Historical Archaeology     20
Preserving and Interpreting Sites     24
Rewriting Documentary History     29
Reconstructing Ways of Life     32
Improving Archaeological Methods     35
Understanding Modernization and Globalization     38
What Do We Care About?
A Questioning Attitude     42
Defining Our Topics     47
Colonialism, Capitalism, and Slavery     53
What Is Our Evidence?     59
Ideology, Ambiguity, and Muted Groups     65
Ethical Considerations     70
A Windshield Survey of Historical Archaeology
Introduction to a Windshield Survey of Historical Archaeology     78
The Survival of the English Colony at Jamestown     80
Mission San Luis de Talimali     86
Enclosure of the English Countryside     92
Capitalism, the Georgian Order, and a Woman     97
Australia's Convict Past     102
African American Life     107
The Machine in the Garden     116
The Inner-City WorkingClass     122
Garbage and Garbage-in-Waiting     129
Historical Archaeology as Public Scholarship
Introduction to Public Archaeology     136
Public Memory and Public Places     138
Education and Outreach     144
What About the Painful Past?     148
History and the Culture Wars     154
Civic Renewal and Restorative Justice     159
Transformative Learning     164
Some Closing Thoughts     171
Further Readings     173
References Cited     193
Index     199
About the Author     207