Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction : on archeaological theories / R. Alexander Bentley and Herbert D.G. Maschner -- Culture history : a culture-historical approach / Gary S. Webster -- Processualism and after / Patty Jo Watson -- Ecology in archaeology / David R. Yesner -- Classical art and the grand tour / David W.J. Gill -- Marxism / Randall H. McGuire -- Agency / Andrew Gardner -- Darwinian archaeologies / R. Alexander Bentley ... [et al.] -- Post-processual archaeology and after / Michael Shanks -- History and continental approaches / John Bintliff -- Latin American archaeology in history and practice / Tom D. Dillehay -- Cultural anthropology and archaeology : theoretical dialogues / Timothy Earle -- Evolutionary biological methods and cultural data / Mark Collard ... [et al.] -- Archaeology and the origins of language families / Peter Bellwood -- Complexity theory / R. Alexander Bentley and Herbert D.G. Maschner -- Simulating society / Andre Costopolous -- Mind / Liana Gabora -- Materiality / Timothy Taylor -- Ethnicity : theoretical approaches, methodological implications / Siân Jones -- Gender / Kelley Ann Hays-Gilpin -- Philosophy in archaeology / Stephanie Koerner and Steven Price -- Cultural resource management / Thomas J. Green -- Archaeology and society / Gillian Wallace -- Archaeological ethics in context and practice / Don D. Fowler, Edward A. Jolie, and Marion W. Salter -- Toward a postcolonial archaeology of indigenous Australia / Ian J. McNiven and Lynette Russell -- Hunters and gatherers / Peter Jordan -- The origins and spread of agriculture / Mark Pluciennuk and Marek Zvelebil -- The archaeology of rank / Kenneth M. Ames -- Chiefdoms / Alex W. Barker -- The rise of the state / Reinhard Bernbeck -- Religion / David S. Whitley.