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