R. Alexander Bentley is assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, Durham University, England. Herbert D. G. Maschner is professor of anthropology at Idaho State University, and the co-editor (with Christopher Chippindale) of the Handbook of Archaeological Methods (AltaMira Press 2005). Christopher Chippindale is research professor in archaeology at Cambridge University, curator for British collections at the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, and a former editor of the journal Antiquity.

• Introduction: On Archaeological TheoriesResearch ParadigmsCulture History: A Culture-Historical ApproachProcessualism and AfterEcology in ArchaeologyClassicalMarxismAgencyDarwinian ArchaeologiesPost-Processual Archaeology and AfterIdeas from Neighboring DisciplinesHistory and Continental ApproachesLatin American Archaeology in History and PracticeCultural Anthropology and Archaeology: Theoretical DialoguesEvolutionary Biological Methods and Cultural DataArchaeology and the Origins of Language FamiliesComplexity TheoryResearch ConcernsStimulating SocietyMindMaterialityEthnicity: Theoretical Approaches, Methodological ImplicationsGenderPhilosophy in ArchaeologyContexts of Archaeological StudyCultural Resource ManagementArchaeology and SocietyArchaeological Ethics in Context and PracticeTowards a Post-Colonial Archaeology of Indigenous AustraliaTheory into PracticeHunters and GatherersThe Origins and Spread of AgricultureThe Archaeology of RankChiefdomsThe Rise of the StateReligion

The Handbook of Archaeological Theories is a book that should be in every library as the default guide for the latest archaeological theory. The great majority of the chapters are well written by archaeologists, anthropologists and other scholars who were either the original architects of, or are currently engaged in, refitting and renovating archaeological theory.