Archaeology by Design

Stephen L. Black is a research associate and editor of www.TexasBeyondHistory.net at the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin.Kevin Jolly is a research fellow of the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin and the director of development at RW3 Technologies Inc.

With helpful tips, clear explanations, checklists and guides to further reading, this has much to offer a North American and non-North American readership.

• Part 1 Series Editors' ForewordPart 2 1 Designing Archaeological Research with an AttitudeChapter 3 The Process of Designing Archaeological Research / Professional Archaeological Research / Why Design Archaeological Research? / The Cost of Archaeology / Your Obligation to the Public / Archaeology by Default / Designing Research is ArchaeologyPart 4 2 Building Your Professional ToolkitChapter 5 Anthropological Archaeology / Current Archaeological Method and Theory / Multidisciplinary Studies / Keeping Current / Developing Regional Expertise / Navigating the Political Playing Field / Why the Professional Archaeologist's Toolkit is HeavyPart 6 3 A Quick Look at the Research ProcessChapter 7 The "Pure" Research Process in Academic Archaeology / The "Directed" Research Process in CRM Archaeology / The Parts of CRM Research / Conclusion Part 8 4 The Scope of WorkChapter 9 The Project Area / The Work / Work Standards / Time / Money / Logistics / ConclusionPart 10 5 Research QuestionsChapter 11 Typical Approaches to Archaeological Research / Creating Research Questions / Sources of QuestionsPart 12 6 Developing Your Research StrategyChapter 13 Think First, Dig Later—Archaeological Strategy / Making Tough Choices—Operational Strategy / ConclusionPart 14 7 The Written Research DesignChapter 15 Whom Are You Writing For? / Projects Big and Small / Critical Components of Your Written Research Design / Additional Considerations / ConclusionPart 16 8 Putting Your Research Design to WorkChapter 17 Implementing Your Research Design / In from the Cold / Evaluating Your Research Design / Now It's Up to YouPart 18 Appendix A. Groups You Should JoinPart 19 Appendix B. Journals You Should ReadPart 20 Appendix C. The ABCs of CRMPart 21 Appendix D. The Logistics ChecklistPart 22 ReferencesPart 23 IndexPart 24 About the Authors and Series Editors