Table of Contents

PART I: Introducing North American Archaeology

Chapter One: The Nature and Practice of North American Archaeology
Chapter Two: Culture and Environment in North America's Past

PART II: The North American Past

Chapter Three: Peopling of the Americas
Chapter Four: Foragers of the North
Chapter Five: Paths to Complexity on the Northwest Coast
Chapter Six: Rivers, Roots, and Rabbits: The Plateau
Chapter Seven: Diversity and Complexity in California
Chapter Eight: Mobility, Diversity, and Persistence: The Great Basin
Chapter Nine: Forager and Villagers of the Subterranean Mountains, Mesas, and Deserts
Chapter Ten: Bison Hunters and Horticulturalists of the Great Plains
Chapter Eleven: Tribes and Chiefdoms in the Southeast
Chapter Twelve: Foragers and Farmers of the Midwest and Upper Great Lakes
Chapter Thirteen: Fishing, Foraging, and Farming in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic

PART III: The Future of North American Archaeology

Chapter Fourteen: North American Archaeology for the Twenty-First Century

BONUS MATERIALS: Student CD packaged with the text