Presenting Archaeology to the Public

National Park Service, United States

• Chapter 1 AcknowledgementsChapter 2 Foreword by John H. Jameson, Jr. and John E. EhrenardChapter 3 Introduction, by John H. Jameson, Jr.Part 4 One: BackgroundChapter 5 1. Presenting the Past: A Framework for Discussion, by Peter G. StoneChapter 6 2. The Archaeological Site as an Interpretive Environment, by Parker B. Potter, Jr.Chapter 7 3. Locating Truths on Archaeological Sites, by Parker B. Potter, Jr. and Nancy Jo ChabotChapter 8 4. Generalized Versus Literal Interpretation, by Stanley SouthPart 9 Two: Strategies that WorkChapter 10 5. Successfully Integrating the Public into Research: Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, by Margaret A. HeathChapter 11 6. The Role of Public Participation: Arizona's Public Archaeology Program, by Teresa L. HoffmanChapter 12 7. Sites without Sights: Interpreting Closed Excavations, by Karen Lee DavisPart 13 Three: Interpreting Archaeology in CitiesChapter 14 8. The Past through Tomorrow: Interpreting Toronto's Heritage to a Multi-cultural Pubic, by Karolyn E. SmardzChapter 15 9. Ancient and Modern United: Archaeological Exhibits in Urban Plazas, by Sherene Baugher and Diana Dizerga WallChapter 16 10. The Evolution of Interpretation: The Charleston Place Site, by Nichols Honerkamp and Martha A. ZierdenPart 17 Four: Interpreting Archaeology at Museums, Parks, and SitesChapter 18 11. Public Archaeology at Cahokia, by William R. IsemingerChapter 19 12. Interpreting Cultural Resources: Hatzic Site, by David Pokotylo and Gregory BrassChapter 20 13. Putting people Back into the Landscape: Sabino Canyon, by Stephanie M. Whittlesey and Mary FarrellChapter 21 14. Archaeology and Interpretation at Monticello and Poplar Forest, by Barbara J. HeathChapter 22 15. The Interpretation of Slavery: Mount Vernon, Monticello, and Colonial Williamsburg, by Mark D. BogradChapter 23 16. Museum in the Making: The Morven Project, by Rebecca YaminChapter 24 17. Archaeological Preservation: Drayton Hall, by Meffett B. LavinChapter 25 18. Interpreting Archaeology at Little Bighorn, by Douglas D. ScottChapter 26 19. The Archaeology of Billy the Kid, by David T. KirkpatrickChapter 27 BibliographyChapter 28 About the AuthorsChapter 29 Index

Eliminating ethnic, racial, and gender-based bias is one of the strongest themes underlying the contributed articles in this book.... Jameson and his contributors have performed a great service for the discipline of archaeology by presenting field tested possibilities for programs that bring archaeologists out of their intellectual ivory towers.