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African Sites: Archaeology in the Caribbean By J. Haviser. Published by Markus Wiener, 1999. Hardcover.

Agriculture on the Prairies 1870-1940 By D. Spector. Published by Canadian Government, 1983. Paperback.

American Frontier: An Archaeological Study of Settlement Pattern and Process By K. Lewis. Published by Academic, 1984.

Anahulu: The Anthropology of History in the Kingdom of Hawaii: The Archaeology of History Vol. 2. By P. Kirch, M. Sahlins. Published by U. Chicago, 1994. Paperback.

Ancient Synagogues: Historical Analysis and Archaeological Discovery: Vol. 1 By D. Urman, P. Flesher. Published by Brill Academic, 1995.

Ancient Synagogues: Historical Analysis and Archaeological Discovery: Vol. 2 By D. Urman, P. Flesher. Published by Brill Academic, 1995.

Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Empingham II, Rutland By J. Timby. Published by Oxbow, 1996. Paperback.

cover Annapolis Pasts: Historical Archaeology in Annapolis, Maryland By P. Shackel, P. Mullins, M. Warner. Published by U. Tennessee Press, 1998. Hardcover.

cover Approaches to the Historical Archaeology of Mexico, Central and South America By J. Gasco, G. Smith, P. Garcia. Published by U. of California, 1997. Paperback.

Approaches to Urban Archaeology By M. Biddle. Published by Edinburgh U., 1992. Hardcover.

Archaeological and Historical Examinations of Three Eighteenth and Ninteenth Century Rice Plantations on the Waccamaw Neck By M. Trinkley. Published by Chicora, 1993. Paperback.

Archaeological Insights into the Custer Battle: An Assessment of the 1984 Field Season By D. Scott and R. Fox. Published by U. of Oklahoma Press, 1987. Paperback, 138 pages.

Arhcaeological Perspectives on the Battle of Little Big Horn: The Final Report By D. Scott, D. Harmon, R. Fox. Published by U. of Oklahoma Press, 1989. Hardcover, 309 pages.

Archaeological Studies of World War II By R. Wood. Published by U. Missouri, 1991. Paperback.

Archaeology and History of Glastonbury Abbey By L. Abrams, J. Carley. Published by Boydell and Brewer, 1991. Hardcover.

Archaeology and History of the European Academic Press By M. Barley. Published by Academic, 1978. Hardcover.

cover Archaeology and the Capitalist World System: A Study from Russian America By A. Crowell. Published by Plenum, 1997. Hardcover.

cover Archaeology at Monticello By W. Kelso. Published by Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1997. Paperback, 134 pages.

Archaeology for young Explorers: Uncovering History at Colonial Williamsburg By P. Samford, D. Ribblett. Published by Colonial Williamsburg, 1995. Paperback, 67 pages.

Archaeology in British Towns: From the Emperor Claudius to the Black Death By P. Ottaway. Published by Routledge, 1992. Hardcover.

cover Archaeology of Australia's History By G. Connah. Published by Cambridge University Press, 1994. Paperback, 176 pages.

cover Archaeology of Early Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms By C. Arnold. Published by Routledge, 1997. Paperback.

cover Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States By F. Allchin, G. Erdosy. Published by Cambridge U., 1995. Hardcover.

Archaeology of Gender: Separating the Spheres in Urban America By D. Dizerga Wall. Published by Plenum, 1994. Hardcover.

Archaeology of Medieval Ireland By T. Barry. Published by Routledge, 1987. Paperback.

Archaeology of Mission Santa Catarine De Guale 2 Published by American Museum of Natural History, 1990. Paperback.

Archaeology of Religious Places: Churches and Cemeteries in Britain Revised. By W. Rodwell. Published by U. Pennsylvania, 1990. Hardcover.

Archaeology of Spanish Colonialism in the South Eastern United States and the Caribbean, No. 1 By C. Ewen. Published by the SHA, 1990. Paperback.

Archaeology of the African Diaspora in the Americas By M. Bograd, T. Singleton. Published by the SHA, 1995. Paperback.

Archaeology of the City: Urban Planning In Ancient Israel and its Social Implications By Z. Herzog. Published by Tel Aviv U., 1997. Hardcover, 298 pages.

Archaeology of the Consumer Society: The Second Industrial Revolution in Britain By K. Hudson. Published by Fairleigh Dickinson U., 1983. Hardcover.

cover Archaeology of the Donner Party By D. Hardesty, M. Brodhead. Published by U. Nevada, 1997. Hardcover, 168 pages.

Archaeology of the English Civil War By P. Harrington. Published by Shire, 1999. Paperback, 64 pages.

Archaeology of Slavery and Plantation Life By T. Singleton. Published by Academic, 1985. Hardcover.

Archaeology of Social Space: Analyzing Coffee Plantations in Jamaica's Blue Mountains By J. Delle. Published by Plenum, 1998. Hardcover.

Archaeology of the Old Landmark: Nineteenth Century Taverns Along the St. Louis-Vincennes Trade in Southern Illinois By M. Wagner, M. McCorvie. Published by Center for American Archaeology, 1993. Paperback.

Archaeology of the Southeast United States: Paleoindian to WWI By J. Bense. Published by Academic, 1994. Hardcover.

Archaeology of the Spanish Missions of Texas By A. Fox. Published by Garland, 1991. Hardcover.

Archaeology of Wealth: Consumer Behaviour in English America By J. Gibb. Published by Plenum, 1996. Hardcover.

Biohistory of Ninteenth Century Afro-Americans By L. Rankin-Hill. Published by Bergin & Garvey, 1997.

cover Bones, Stones and Buddhist Monks: Collected Papers on the Archaeology, Epigraphy and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India By G. Schopen, D. Lopez. Published by U. Hawaii, 1997. Hardcover.

British Garrison at Quebec 1759-1871 By C. Rioux. Published by International Special Book Service, 1997. Paperback.

Buried Past: The Archaeological History of Philadelphia By J. Cotter, D. Roberts, M. Parrington. Published by U. Pennsylvania Press, 1993. Hardcover, 524 pages.

By Airship to the North Pole: An Archaeology of Human Exploration By P. Capelotti. Published by Rutgers, 1999. Hardcover, 224 pages.

Calumet and Fleur-de-Lys: Archaeology of Indian and French Contact in the Mid-Continent By J. Walthall, T. Emerson. Published by Smithsonian, 1992. Hardcover, 307 pages.

Cannon's Point Plantation, 1794-1860: Living Conditions and Status Patterns in the Old South By J. Otto. Published by Academic, 1984.

cover Carolina's Historical Landscapes: Archaeological Perspectives By L. Stine, M. Zierden, L. Drucker. Published by U. of Tennessee, 1997. Hardcover.

cover Chesapeake Family and Their Slaves: A Study in Historical Archaeology By A. Yentsch. Published by Cambridge University Press, 1994. Paperback.

Chinese of Early Tucson: Historical Archaeology from the Tucson Urbam Renewal Project By F. Lister, R. Lister. Published by U. Arizona, 1990. Paperback.

cover Cowboys and Cave Dwellers: Basketmakers Archaeology in Utah's Grand Gulch By F. Blackburn, R. Williamson. Published by School of America Research Press, 1997. Paperback, 208 pages.

Culture Change and the New Technology: An Archaeology of the Early American Industrial Era By P. Shackel. Published by Plenum, 1996. Hardcover.

Death at Snake Hill: Secrets from a War of 1812 Cemetery By P. Litt, R. Williamson, J. Whitehorne. Published by Dundurn Press. Paperback.

Deserted Villages (Shire Archaeology) By T. Rowley, J. Wood. Published by Shire, 1985. Paperback.

Discoveries in Martin's Hundred By Ivor Noel Hume. Published by Colonial Williamsburg, 1983. Paperback.

Down by the Station: Los Angeles Chinatown 1880-1937 By R. Greenwood. Published by U. California, 1996. Hardcover.

Everyday and Exotic Pottery from Europe: c. 600 - 1900 By D. Gaimster. Published by David Brown Books, 1992. Hardcover.

cover Excavating Occaneechi Town: Archaeology of an Eighteenth Century Indian Village in North Carolina By S. Davis, P. Livingood. Published by U. North Carolina, 1998. CD-ROM.

Excavations of the Donner-Reed Wagons: Historical Archaeology Along the Hastings Cutoff By B. Hawkins, D. Madsen. Published by U. Utah, 1999. Paperback, 178 pages.

Excavation of the MacHault - An 18th Century French Frigate By W. Zacharchuk and P Waddell. Published by Canadian Government Press, 1984. Paperback.

Excavations on the Franciscan Frontier: Archaeology at the Fig Springs Mission By B. Weisman. Published by the University Press of Florida, 1992. Hardcover, 250 pages.

Exploring Buried Buxton: Archaeology of an Abandoned Iowa Coal Mining Town with a Large Black Population By D. Gradwohl, N. Osborn. Published by Iowa State University Press, 1990. Paperback.

Factional Competition and Political Development in the New World By E. Brumfiel, J. Fox. Published by Cambridge U., 1994. Hardcover, 234 pages.

cover Farm Landscape: A Bibliography of the Architecture and Archaeology of Farmsteads and Settlement in Wisconsin By P. Beedle, G. Gyrisco. Published by Historical Preservation Department, 1996. Paperback.

Finds from Parliament Street and Other Sites in the City Centre By D. Tweedle. Published by Prometheus, 1986. Paperback.

Flowerdew Hundred: The Archaeology of a Virginia Plantation, 1619 - 1864 By J. Deetz. Published by U. Press of Virginia, 1995. Paperback.

French Colonial Archaeology: The Illinois Country and the Western Great Lakes By J. Walthall. Published by U. of Illinois Press, 1991. Hardcover, 290 pages.

From Roman Basilica to Medieval Market Archaeology: Archaeology in Action in the City of London By G. Milne. Published by the Stationery Office, 1992. Paperback.

Governor's Land: Archaeology of Early Seventeenth Century Virginia Settlements By A. Outlaw. Published by University Press of Virginia, 1990. Hardcover.

Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Boston Proper By P. Stott. Published by MIT Press, 1984. Paperback.

Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Europe By K. Hudson. Published by Associated University Press, 1971. Hardcover.

cover Hernando De Soto Among the Apalachee: The Archaeology of the First Winter Encampment By C. Ewen, J. Hann, J. Milanich. Published by U. Press of Florida, 1998. Paperback, 256 pages.

Hidden Hertiage: Historical Archaeology of Overseas Chinese By P. Wegars. Published by Baywood, 1993. Paperback.

Hidden Lives: The Archaeology of Slave Life at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest By B. Heath. Published by U. Press of Virginia, 1999. Paperback, 96 pages.

Historical Archaeology and the Study of American Culture By L. De Cunzo, B. Herman. Published by Winterthur, 1996. Hardcover.

Historical Archaeology in Nigeria By K. Wesler, P. Allsworth-Jones. Published by Africa World Press, 1998. Hardcover, 296 pages.

Historical Archaeology of Central Assam By N. Choudhury. Published by Stosius, 1985. Hardcover.

Historical Archaeology of Ninteenth Century California By J. Frierman, R. Greenwood. Published by William Andrews Clark, 1991. Paperback.

Historical Archaeology of the Chesapeake By P. Shackel, B. Little. Published by Smithsonian, 1994. Hardcover.

Historical Archaeology of the Modern World By C. Orser. Published by Plenum, 1996. Hardcover.

Historical Archaeology of the US Industrial Indian School at Phoenix By O. Lindauer, D. Ferguson. Published by Office of Cultural Resources, 1996. Hardcover.

History of Clementhorpe Nunnery (Archaeology of York) By R. Dobson, S. Donaghey. Published by Prometheus, 1985. Paperback.

Industrial Archaeology of Nebraska By W. Rapp. Published by J-B Publishing, 1984.

Industrial Archaeology of North West England By O. Ashmore. Published by Manchester U., 1983. Hardcover.

Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland By W. McCutcheon. Published by Fairleigh Dickinson U., 1983. Hardcover.

Industry and Technology in Antebellum Tennessee: The Archaeology of Bluff Furnace By R. Council, N. Honerkamp, M. Will. Published by U. of Tennessee Press, 1992. Paperback, 227 pages.

cover In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life Revised edition. By J. Deetz. Published by Anchor, 1996. Paperback.

I, Too, Am America: Archaeological Studies of African American Life By T. Singleton. Published by U. Press of Virginia, 1999. Hardcover.

Kings Men at MacKinac: The British Garrisons 1780-1796 By B. Dunnigan. Published by MacKinac State Historic Parks, 1973. Paperback.

Lambert Farm: Public Archaeology and Canine Burials Along Narrangansett Bay By J. Kerber. Published by Harcourt Brace, 1996. Paperback, 144 pages.

Life Weaving Golden Thread: Archaeological Investigations at the Sampson Mill Village, Greenville Co., South Carolina By M. Trinkley. Published by Chicora, 1993. Paperback.

Living on the Boott: Historical Archaeology at the Boott Mills Boardinghouses, Lowell, Massachusetts By S. Mrozowski, G. Ziesing, M. Beaudry. Published by University of Massachusetts Press, 1996. Hardcover.

Look to the Earth: Historical Archaeology and the American Civil War G. Geier, S. Winter. Published by U. Tennessee Press, 1996. Paperback.

Many Faces of Cuilpan: A Historical Digest of a 16th Century Dominican Monastery and Church Complex and Village, Oaxaca, Mexico By E. Sleight. Published by Pueblo, 1988. Hardcover.

Martin's Hundred Revised edition. By Ivor Noel Hume. Published by U. Press of Virginia, 1991. Paperback, 386 pages.

Mill Creek Site and Pattern Recognition in Historical Archaeology By P. Martin. Published by Mackinac State Historic Parks, 1985. Paperback.

Not for School, but for Life: Lessons from the Historical Archaeology of the Phoenix Indian School By O. Lindauer. Published by the Office of Cultural Resources, 1998. Paperback.

Old Village and the Great House: An Archaeological and Historical Examination of Drax Hall Plantation, St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica By D. Armstrong, E. Reitz. Published by U. Illinois Press, 1990. Hardcover.

cover On the Prairie of Palo Alto: Historical Archaeology of the US-Mexican War Battlefield By C. Haecker, J. Mauck. Published by Texas A & M University, 1997. Hardcover, 248 pages.

Personal Discipline and Material Culture: An Archaeology of Annapolis, Maryland 1695-1870 By P. Shackel. Published by U. of Tennessee Press, 1993. Hardcover, 240 pages.

Post-Medieval Archaeology in Britain By D. Crossley. Published by Pinter, 1990. Hardcover.

Public Archaeology in Annapolis: A Critical Approach to History in Maryland's Ancient City By P. Potter. Published by Smithsonian, 1994. Paperback.

cover Puerto Real: The Archaeology of a 16th Century Spanish Town in Hispaniola By K. Deagan. Published by U. Press of Florida, 1995. Hardcover, 533 pages.

Race and Affluence: An Archaeology of African America and Consumer Culture By P. Mullins. 1999. Hardcover.

Rediscovering Antiquity: Karl Weber and the Excavation of Huculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiae By C. Parslow. Published by Cambridge University Press, 1998. Paperback, 416 pages.

Sacred Texts and Buried Treasures: Issues in the Historical Archaeology of Ancient Japan By W. Farris. U. of Hawaii Press, 1998. Paperback, 416 pages.

Scotland: Archaeology and Early History By G. Ritchie and A. Ritchie. Published by Edinburgh U., 1992. Paperback, 206 pages.

Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas: A History Based on Underwater Archaeology By G. Bass. Published by Thames and Hudson, 1996. Paperback, 272 pages.

Shovels and Speculation: Archaeology Hunts Custer By S. Barnard. Published by AST Press, 1991. Paperback.

cover Spanish Missions of La Florida By B. McEwan. Published by U. Press of Florida, 1993. Hardcover.

Spanish St. Augustine: The Archaeology of a Colonial Creole Community By K. Deagan. Published by Academic, 1983. Hardcover.

Survivals: Aspects of Industrial Archaeology in Ontario By D. Newell, R. Greenhill. Published by Boston Mills, 1989. Hardcover.

Sword in Anglo-Saxon England: Its Archaeology and Literature Reprint. By H. Davidson, E. Oakeshott. Published by Boydell and Brewer, 1998. Paperback, 288 pages.

cover They Died with Custer: Soldiers' Bones from the Battle of Little Bighorn By D. Scott, P. Willey, M. Connor. Published by U. Oklahoma Press, 1998. Hardcover, 432 pages.

Two Early Historic Iroquoian Sites in Western New York By R. Gramly. Published by Persimmon, 1996. Hardcover.

Uncommon Ground: Archaeology and Early African America By L. Ferguson. Published by Smithsonian, 1992. Paperback, 186 pages.

Vestiges of Mortality and Remembrance: A Bibliography on the Historical Archaeology of Cemeteries By E. Bell. Published by Scarecrow, 1994. Hardcover.

Village of Outcasts: Historical Archaeology and Documentary Research at the Lighthouse Site By K. Feder. Published by Mayfield, 1994. Paperback.

cover Virginia Adventure: Roanoke to James Towne: An Archaeological and Historical Odyssey By Ivor Noel Hume. Published by Knopf, 1994. Hardcover, 491 pages.