TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
PREFACE
Acknowledgements
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
CONTRIBUTOR LIST
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION: A L'ENFANT PLAN FOR ARCHAEOLOGY
Marcy Rockman
Part I: Dialogues in the Practical Sides of Archaeological Relevance
INTRODUCTION TO Part I
Joe Flatman and Marcy Rockman
CHAPTER 2: LIFE IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MARKETPLACE
Chris Cumberpatch and Howell M. Roberts
The Realities of Life as a Freelance Archaeologist: Chris Cumberpatch
The Realities of Life as an Archaeological Unit Manager: Howell M. Roberts
Further Thoughts on Life in the Archaeological Marketplace: Chris Cumberpatch
Final Thoughts on Life in the Archaeological Marketplace: Howell M. Roberts
CHAPTER 3: NATIONAL-SCALE CULTURAL RESOURCE LEGISLATION
David Cushman and Tony Howe
Vision and Reality of Cultural Resource Management and Preservation in the US: David Cushman
Vision and Reality of Cultural Resource Management and Preservation in England: Tony Howe
Final Thoughts on National-Scale Cultural Resource Legislation: David Cushman
CHAPTER 4: ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORKING CONDITIONS AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION
Paul Everill and Peter A. Young
Stories of the Invisible Diggers: Paul Everill
In Praise of the Storytellers: Peter A. Young
Final Thoughts on Archaeological Working Conditions and Public Perception: Paul Everill
CHAPTER 5: WHAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN ARCHAEOLOGY REALLY MEANS
Joe Flatman, Robert C. Chidester and David A. Gadsby
Things That Go Ping in the Dark: Joe Flatman
The Spectre of Irrelevance: Robert C. Chidester and David A. Gadsby
Final Thoughts on What Public Engagement in Archaeology Really Means: Joe Flatman
CHAPTER 6: ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND THE ACADEMIC PROCESS
Vance T. Holliday and Nan A. Rothschild
An Academic Path in the American Paleoindian West: Vance T. Holliday
An Academic and CRM Path in Urban Eastern North America: Nan A. Rothschild
Further Thoughts on Archaeological Research and the Academic Process: Vance T. Holliday
Final Thoughts on Archaeological Research and the Academic Process: Nan A. Rothschild
CHAPTER 7: BUILDING AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL BUSINESS
Michael D. Metcalf and Jim Moses
Resources, Potential and Energy: Michael D. Metcalf
Size, Agility and Responsiveness: Jim Moses
Final Thoughts on Evaluating Archaeological Needs in Cultural Resource Management Projects and Building an Archaeological Business: Michael D. Metcalf
CHAPTER 8: THE CHANGING MISSION OF MUSEUMS
Stephen E. Nash and Nancy O'Malley
A View from Denver: Three Decades, Three Institutions, and Lots of Fun: Stephen E. Nash
A View from Kentucky: Three Wishes, Two Would Do, Pick One to Start: Nancy O'Malley
Final Thoughts on the Changing Mission of Museums: Stephen E. Nash
CHAPTER 9: SCOPING ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECTS IN RELATION TO SPECIFIC REGULATIONS
Richard Perry and M. Jay Stottman
Unexpected Results from a Base Realignment and Closure Project at the Sierra Army Depot in Herlong, California: Richard Perry
Archaeology in the Cracks and Seams of the Regulatory and Contract Archaeology Culture: M. Jay Stottman
Final
About the Author:
Marcy Rockman is a 2009-2011 Science and Technology Policy Fellow with the American Association for the Advancement of Science placed with the US Environmental Protection Agency's National Homeland Security Research Centre (Washington, DC, USA) and is also a Fellow of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA. Her long-term research focus is the landscape learning process, which is how human populations gather, share, and remember environmental information.
Joe Flatman is the County Archaeologist of Surrey (Woking, Surrey, UK) and a Senior Lecturer at UCL Institute of Archaeology (London, UK). He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Trustee of the Council for British Archaeology, and a Member of the Institute for Archaeologists.
