Historical Archaeology

Charles E. Orser, Jr., Research Professor at Vanderbilt University, is an anthropological historical archaeologist who investigates the modern world as it was created after about 1492. He is the author of over 90 professional articles and a number of books, has conducted excavations in the United States, Europe, and South America. . His research interests include post-Columbian historical archaeology; practice, network, and socio-spatial theory; enslavement; globalization and consumerism; social inequality, discrimination, and poverty. His regional interest is the Atlantic world, and his current project focuses on the early seventeenth-century Puritan colony on the island of Providencia, Colombia.

• Section I: Foundations of Historical ArchaeologyChapter 1 What Is Historical Archaeology?Chapter 2 A Brief History of Historical ArchaeologyChapter 3 Culture, History, and Archaeological SitesChapter 4 Time and SpaceSection II: Doing Historical ArchaeologyChapter 5 Site Survey and Location in Historical ArchaeologyChapter 6 Pre-Excavation Fieldwork: Documents, Interviews, BuildingsChapter 7 Archaeological Fieldwork: Field and LaboratoryChapter 8 Artifacts and Interpretation in Historical ArchaeologyChapter 9 Historical Archaeology and Cultural Resource ManagementSection III: Interpretation in Historical ArchaeologyChapter 10 Theory in Historical ArchaeologyChapter 11 The Historical Archaeology of Individuals and GroupsChapter 12 Global Historical Archaeology and Modern-World ArchaeologyChapter 13 Historical Archaeology and The Past TodayGuide to Further Reading Glossary