From the Book - Regular Print
1 Designing Archaeological Research with an Attitude 1 --
Process of Designing Archaeological Research --
Professional Archaeological Research --
Why Design Archaeological Research? --
Your Obligation to the Public --
Archaeology by Default --
Designing Research Is Archaeology --
2 Building Your Professional Toolkit 19 --
Anthropological Archaeology --
Current Archaeological Method and Theory --
Multidisciplinary Studies --
Developing Regional Expertise --
Navigating the Political Playing Field --
Why the Professional Archaeologist's Toolkit Is Heavy --
3 A Quick Look at the Research Process 35 --
"Pure" Research Process in Academic Archaeology --
"Directed" Research Process in CRM Archaeology --
5 Research Questions 67 --
Typical Approaches to Archaeological Research --
Creating Research Questions --
6 Developing Your Research Strategy 83 --
Think First, Dig Later--Archaeological Strategy --
Making Tough Choices--Operational Strategy --
7 Written Research Design 99 --
Whom Are You Writing For? --
Projects Big and Small --
Critical Components of Your Written Research Design --
Additional Considerations --
8 Putting Your Research Design to Work 113 --
Implementing Your Research Design --
Evaluating Your Research Design --
Appendix A. Groups You Should Join 127 --
Appendix B. Journals You Should Read 131 --
Appendix C. ABCs of CRM 133.
