Historical Archaeology : Why the Past Matters

List of Figures 7 Preface 9 Acknowledgments 11 1 Do History and Historical Archaeology Matter? 13 Section 1: What Are Our Ambitions? 2 The Goals of Historical Archaeology 20 3 Preserving and Interpreting Sites 24 4 Rewriting Documentary History 29 5 Reconstructing Ways of Life 32 6 Improving Archaeological Methods 35 7 Understanding Modernization and Globalization 38 Section 2: What Do We Care About? 8 A Questioning Attitude 42 9 Defining Our Topics 47 10 Colonialism, Capitalism, and Slavery 53 11 What Is Our Evidence? 59 12 Ideology, Ambiguity, and Muted Groups 65 13 Ethical Considerations 70 Section 3: A Windshield Survey of Historical Archaeology 14 Introduction to a Windshield Survey of Historical Archaeology 78 15 The Survival of the English Colony at Jamestown 80 16 Mission San Luis de Talimali 86 17 Enclosure of the English Countryside 92 18 Capitalism, the Georgian Order, and a Woman 97 19 Australia's Convict Past 102 20 African American Life 107 21 The Machine in the Garden 116 22 The Inner-City Working Class 122 23 Garbage and Garbage-in-Waiting 129 Section 4: Historical Archaeology as Public Scholarship 24 Introduction to Public Archaeology 136 25 Public Memory and Public Places 138 26 Education and Outreach 144 27 What About the Painful Past? 148 28 History and the Culture Wars 154 29 Civic Renewal and Restorative Justice 159 30 Transformative Learning 164 31 Some Closing Thoughts 171 Further Readings 173 References Cited 193 Index 199 About the Author 207