INDEX

aboriginal vs. historic site

academic archaeology

accelerator mass spectrometry

accountability

AHTD. See Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department

American Anthropological Association

American Museum of Natural History

anthropology, archaeology as

Apache site

archaeological excavation, as controlled destruction; conservation ethic in; justifying through research design/method; justifying through site selection/use

 

archaeological excavation, use of

archaeological research: academic/cultural resources management difference; constituent/consumer of; cost of federally mandated

Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA)

archaeologist: ethical responsibility of; stereotype of

archaeology: as anthropology; definition of; relevance of

“Archaeology as Anthropology” (Binford)

archaeology theory

archaeomagnetic dating

archival supplies/equipment, source for

Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD)

ARPA. See Archaeological Resources Protection Act

 

auger testing

backhoe trenching

BAE. See Bureau of American Ethnology

Barker, Philip

biface reduction technology

Binford, Lewis

Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE)

Burial. See human remains

Burney, Michael S.

CAD. See computer-aided design

Caddo cemetery

Carmichael, David

Chicago grid

chronometric sampling/dating: archaeomagnetic; dendrochronology; obsidian hydration; oxidizable carbon ratio; radiocarbon; thermoluminescence

Claflin, W. H.

Clouse, Robert

Cole, Fay-Cooper

Committee on State Archaeological Surveys of the National Research Council

computer-aided design (CAD)

conservation ethic

controlled surface collection

conversion table, mathematical

 

coring

Crissbury Hill Fort

CRM. See cultural resources management

cross-dating, with horizon marker

cultural evolutionism

cultural resources management (CRM): archaeologist as contractor in; difference from academic archaeology; history of; law/regulation for. See also archaeological excavation, as controlled destruction

Cummings, Linda S.

data recovery strategy; choosing; dry screening; subsurface recording/recovery; surface recording/recovery; water screening/flotation. See also chronometric sampling/dating; human remains; soil sampling; specialized sample, recovering

dendrochronology

Denver Museum of Natural History

de Soto, Hernando

direct association

DNA analysis, source for

documentation, importance of

Douglass, A. E.

dry screening

Dunnell, Robert C.

Eaker site

Early, Ann

Erbie site

ethics: of archaeologist; conservation; and human remains

ethnoarchaeology

ethnobotanical analysis, source for

excavation equipment: basic; miscellaneous tools; personal toolkit; supplier for

excavation method: choosing; resource for. See also subsurface testing

excavation unit; stringing

expendable supplies

FB-1613 site (Fort Bliss)

field/surveying equipment, source for

Figgins, J. D.

flotation sampling

Floyd River

Folsom site

form, for excavation data

Fowler, Don D.

Franklin, J.

Frink, Douglas

Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

geographic positioning system (GPS)

geomorphic/particle size sampling

geophysical survey

Gilson grade sorter

GIS. See Geographical Information Systems

Gobernadora site

GPR survey

GPS. See geographic positioning system

grid: Chicago; early use of; X, Y, Z Cartestian grid

ground-penetrating radar

Gummerman, J.

Gypsum Plain region

Haas, Jonathan

hand excavation. See shovel skimming; shovel testing

Helm site burials

Hill, M. C.

historic vs. aboriginal site

history, of excavation method: controlled surface collection; direct association; grid; provenience control; screening; seriation; stratigraphy; volumetric quantification

horizon marker

human remains; ethics in dealing with; excavation tool for; Helm site burials; reburial of

increment borer

Jacobs Cave

Jefferson, Thomas

Keystone site

Kidder, A. V.

KT site (New Mexico)

Lafferty, Robert H. III

law of superposition

Layard, Austin

loess, definition of

looting

Lower Mississippi Valley Survey

Luna Village

magnetic north

magnetometer

map/mapping: detailed site; emergence of; surface

Martin Farm site

material culture studies

mathematical conversion table

McJunkin, George

mechanical excavation: auger testing; backhoe trenching; stripping

mechanical stripping

Meyer Pithouse Village

Miller, Myles

Mississippian site

Mogollon site

Moundbuilder myth

museum collection, research use of

Museum of New Mexico

NAGPRA. See Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

Nash, S. K.

National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA)

National Park Service

National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

National Science Foundation grant

Native American: consulting/cooperating with. See also human remains; Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

Nelson, Nels

New Archaeology

NHPA. See National Historic Preservation Act of 1966

Nimrud

NRHP. See National Register of Historic Places

Oakes, Yvonne

Oakfield corer

obsidian hydration dating

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

OCR. See oxidizable carbon ratio (OCR) dating

OSHA. See Occupational Safety and Health Administration

oxidizable carbon ratio (OCR) dating

particle size/geomorphic sampling

Peabody, Charles

Pecos Conference

Pecos Pueblo

Pemiscot Bayou core

personal toolkit

Petrie, Flinders

photography

phytolith/pollen sampling

piece-plotted artifact

pin flag

Pitt Rivers, Augustus H.

plastic bag, source for

Pleistocene

Plog, Fred

point-provenienced artifact

pollen/phytolith sampling

pothunting

Powell, John Wesley

protein residue sampling

provenience: emergence of; importance of

Pythagorean theorem

Quapaw tribe

radiocarbon sampling/dating

ramada structure, prehistoric

random sampling

reburial, of human remains

Register of Professional Archaeologists

remote sensing

rescue archaeology. See cultural resources management

research design/method, justifying controlled destruction through

research results, misrepresenting

Rice, Glen E.

River Basin Survey

Rowlett, Ralph

SAA. See Society for American Archaeology

salvage archaeology. See cultural resources management

sampling: choosing strategy; importance of; random; stratified random; transect. See also chronometric sampling/dating; soil sampling

Schiffer, Michael B.

screening: dry; history of; water/flotation

Section 106, of NHPA

Section 110, of NHPA

security, site

seriation

shovel scraping. See shovel skimming

shovel shining. See shovel skimming

shovel skimming

shovel testing

SHPO. See state historic preservation officer

site security

site selection: change in approach to; justifying controlled destruction through; methods for

site significance

Smithsonian Institution

Society for American Archaeology (SAA)

soil resistivity

soil sampling; flotation; particle size/geomorphic; pollen/phytolith; protein residue. See also sampling

Southern Illinois University

spatial control. See provenience

specialized sample, recovering: future issues in. See also chronometric sampling/dating; human remains; soil sampling

Stalling’s Island

Stapp, Darby C.

state historic preservation officer (SHPO)

A State Plan for the Conservation of Archaeological Resources in Arkansas

stratified random sampling

stratigraphy: documenting; early use of; scaled drawing of; underlying basis of

A Study of Archaeology (Taylor)

subsurface testing: auger hole; backhoe trenching; coring; mechanical stripping; shovel test; test pit. See also data recovery strategy; surface testing method

surface mapping

surface testing method: controlled surface collection; remote sensing; surface mapping. See also data recovery strategy; subsurface testing method

Tano Pueblo

Taylor, W. W.

test pit excavation

Texas Department of Transportation (TXDot)

theodolite

theory, archaeology

thermoluminescence (TL) dating

Thomas, David H.

TL. See thermoluminescence (TL) dating

Total Station

tree ring dating. See dendrochronology

TXDot. See Texas Department of Transportation

University of Arizona

University of Chicago

University of New Mexico

University of South Dakota

University of Texas at El Paso

vandalism

Vogel, Gregory

volumetric quantification

water screening/flotation

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

X, Y, Z Cartestian grid

X-ray fluorescence