Little, Barbara J., <br/><br/>
Historical archaeology :  why the past matters / 
Barbara J. Little. 
 - 207 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index. 
<br/><br/>Do history and historical archaeology matter? -- Section 1: What are our ambitions? The goals of historical archaeology -- Preserving and interpreting sites -- Rewriting documentary history -- Reconstructing ways of life -- Improving archaeological methods -- Understanding modernization and globalization -- Section 2: What do we care about? A questioning attitude -- Defining our topics -- Colonialism, capitalism, and slavery -- What is our evidence? -- Ideology, ambiguity, and muted groups -- Ethical considerations -- Section 3: A windshield survey of historical archaeology. Introduction to a windshield survey of historical archaeology -- The survival of the English colony at Jamestown -- Mission San Luis de Talimali -- Enclosure of the English countryside -- Capitalism, the Georgian order, and a woman -- Australia's convict past -- African American life -- The machine in the garden -- The inner-city working class -- Garbage and garbage-in-waiting -- Section 4: Historical archaeology as public scholarship. Introduction to public archaeology -- Public memory and public places -- Education and outreach -- What about the painful past? -- History and the culture wars -- Civic renewal and restorative justice -- Transformative learning -- Some closing thoughts. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1598740229 9781598740226 1598740237 9781598740233 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006026623 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Archaeology and history.<br/>Historic sites<br/>Excavations (Archaeology)<br/>Archaeology--Philosophy<br/>Archaeology--Methodology
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CC77.H5  / L58 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>930.1