Archaeology of Regions

Suzanne K. Fish, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona   Stephen A. Kowalewski, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

• Prologue to the Percheron Press Edition Introduction, Suzanne K. Fish and Stephen A. Kowalewski 1. Critical Reflections on a Decade of Full-Coverage Regional Survey in the Valley of Mexico, Jeffrey R. Parsons 2. Merits of Fill-Coverage Survey: Examples from the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, Stephen A. Kowalewski 3. Full-Coverage Regional Archaeological Survey in the Near Wast: An Example from Iran, William M. Sumner 4. Full-Coverage Survey in the Lower Santa Valley: Implications for Regional Settlement Pattern Studies on the Peruvian Coast, David J. Wilson 5. Insights from Full-Coverage Survey in the Georgia Piedmont, Paul R. Fish and Thomas Gresham 6. Intesive Archaeological Survey of Long House Valley, Northeastern Arizona, Jeffrey S. Dean 7. Analyzing Regional Architecture: A Hohokam Example, Suzanne K. Fish, Paul R. Fish, and John H. Madsen 8. Sampling Full-Coverage Survey: An Example from Western Texas, Michael E. Wilson 9. Comments on the Case for Full-Coverage Survey, Keith W. Kintigh 10. Toward Refining Concepts of Full-Coverage Survey, George L. Cowgill Conclusions, Stephen A. Kowalewski and Suzanne K. Fish

“[R]epresents an important step in the holistic analysis of regions. Full-coverage survey . . . has great analytical potential beyond the range of sample survey. . . This volume will aid in the development of improved research designs and the interpretation of their results.” (Martin G. Dudek,  American Antiquity)