Historical Archaeology : Why the Past Matters

List of Figures 7(2) Preface 9(2) Acknowledgments 11(2) Do History and Historical Archaeology Matter? 13(7) Section 1: What Are Our Ambitions? The Goals of Historical Archaeology 20(4) Preserving and Interpreting Sites 24(5) Rewriting Documentary History 29(3) Reconstructing Ways of Life 32(3) Improving Archaeological Methods 35(3) Understanding Modernization and Globalization 38(4) Section 2: What Do We Care About? A Questioning Attitude 42(5) Defining Our Topics 47(6) Colonialism, Capitalism, and Slavery 53(6) What Is Our Evidence? 59(6) Ideology, Ambiguity, and Muted Groups 65(5) Ethical Considerations 70(8) Section 3: A Windshield Survey of Historical Archaeology Introduction to a Windshield Survey of Historical Archaeology 78(2) The Survival of the English Colony at Jamestown 80(6) Mission San Luis de Talimali 86(6) Enclosure of the English Countryside 92(5) Capitalism, the Georgian Order, and a Woman 97(5) Australia's Convict Past 102(5) African American Life 107(9) The Machine in the Garden 116(6) The Inner-City Working Class 122(7) Garbage and Garbage-in-Waiting 129(7) Section 4: Historical Archaeology as Public Scholarship Introduction to Public Archaeology 136(2) Public Memory and Public Places 138(6) Education and Outreach 144(4) What About the Painful Past? 148(6) History and the Culture Wars 154(5) Civic Renewal and Restorative Justice 159(5) Transformative Learning 164(7) Some Closing Thoughts 171(2) Further Readings 173(20) References Cited 193(6) Index 199(8) About the Author 207