Geoffrey A. Clark is Regents' Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University.

"The contents of this volume suggest that, rather than threatening the practice of prehistory, the avenues opened up by the postprocessualists are of relevance to the concerns of active prehistorians." (American Anthropology) "Clark provides a clear discussion of some of the crucial issues separating these two camps." (American Antiquity) "The idea behind this book is excellent-to explore the areas of overlap and disagreement between different research paradigms that can roughly be divided into indigenous and intrusive." (Journal of Field Archaeology)