
Interpretive archaeology - meaning the interpretation (social science as opposed to hard science) of archaeology and archaeological artifacts - has predominantly been the realm of prehistoric archaeologists. Many historical archaeologists are participating in this disciplinary...

This volume is based on a session at a 2005 Society for Historical Archaeology meeting. The organizers assembled historical archaeologists from the UK and the US, whose work arises out of differing intellectual traditions. The authors exchange ideas about what their colleagues...