From the reviews "...this important and well-compiled source book... With its comprehensive and up-to-date bibliographies, many techical terms, and sophisticated intellectual explorations...it is an invaluable source for all archaeologists (including Classicists), and is a graduate student's treasure. This volume will become a staple of graduate seminars for years to come, and, to use the oft-used cliche, really does belong on every archaeologist's bookshelf." (Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 12:2 (2002) "The editors are to be congratulated for obtaining a set of papers with such consistent high quality from a diverse cast of authors. Since the research standing behind the chapters is of high quality, the chapters may serve as an annotated bibliography and guide to the literature for one's own independent research. I consider this a very important contribution to our literature and a fine book for use by both undergraduates and graduate students, not to mention professionals." (Journal of Anthropological Research, 58 (2002)

• Archaeology at the Millennium: Of Paradigms and Practice.- An Aspect of Archaeology's Recent Past and Its Relevance in the New Millennium.- First Hominids to Complex Hunter–Gatherers.- Paleoanthropology at the Millennium.- Fully Modern Humans.- Holocene Hunter–Gatherers.- The Transition from Hunter–Gatherers to Agricultural Villages.- The Transition to Food Production.- Richman, Poorman, Beggarman, Chief: The Dynamics of Social Inequality.- Craft Production Systems.- Warfare and the Evolution of Culture.- The Rise of Archaic States.- Understanding Ancient State Societies in the Old World.- State Formation in the New World.- Classical Archaeology and Anthropological Archaeology in North America: A Meeting of Minds at the Millennium?.- Empires.- Conclusion.- The Archaeology of the Future.