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Introduction to designing an archaeological project, in both academic and contract contexts.
List of contents
Part 1 Series Editors' Foreword Part 2 1 Designing Archaeological Research with an Attitude Chapter 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 Archaeology Part 4 2 Building Your Professional Toolkit Chapter 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 Heavy Part 6 3 A Quick Look at the Research Process Chapter 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 Work Chapter 9 The Project Area / The Work / Work Standards / Time / Money / Logistics / Conclusion Part 10 5 Research Questions Chapter 11 Typical Approaches to Archaeological Research / Creating Research Questions / Sources of Questions Part 12 6 Developing Your Research Strategy Chapter 13 Think First, Dig Later-Archaeological Strategy / Making Tough Choices-Operational Strategy / Conclusion Part 14 7 The Written Research Design Chapter 15 Whom Are You Writing For? / Projects Big and Small / Critical Components of Your Written Research Design / Additional Considerations / Conclusion Part 16 8 Putting Your Research Design to Work Chapter 17 Implementing Your Research Design / In from the Cold / Evaluating Your Research Design / Now It's Up to You Part 18 Appendix A. Groups You Should Join Part 19 Appendix B. Journals You Should Read Part 20 Appendix C. The ABCs of CRM Part 21 Appendix D. The Logistics Checklist Part 22 References Part 23 Index Part 24 About the Authors and Series Editors
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By Stephen L. Black and Kevin Jolly
