Contents - Intrigue of the Past

1 Fundamental concepts
1. 1.1Fundamental concepts: Introduction
2. 1.2Why is the past important?
3. 1.3Culture everywhere
4. 1.4Observation and inference
5. 1.5Archaeological context
6. 1.6Chronology: The time of my life
7. 1.7Classification and attributes
8. 1.8Scientific inquiry
9. 1.9It's in the garbage
2 The process of archaeology
1. 2.1The process of archaeology: Introduction
2. 2.2Gridding a site
3. 2.3Stratigraphy and cross-dating
4. 2.4Artifact classification
5. 2.5Tree-ring dating
6. 2.6Archaeobotany
7. 2.7Measuring pots
8. 2.8Experimental archaeology: Making cordage
9. 2.9Mending pottery
10. 2.10Looking at an object
11. 2.11Archaeological soils
12. 2.12Inference by analogy
3 North Carolina's first peoples
1. 3.1North Carolina's first peoples: Introduction
2. 3.2The pathfinders
3. 3.3The forest people
4. 3.4The pottery makers
5. 3.5The village farmers
4 Shadows of a people
1. 4.1Shadows of a people: Introduction
2. 4.2Shadows of North Carolina's past
3. 4.3Shifting coastlines
4. 4.4Name that point!
5. 4.5Pottery traditions
6. 4.6A Siouan village
7. 4.7Language families
8. 4.8North Carolina place names
5 Issues in archaeology
1. 5.1Issues in archaeology: Introduction
2. 5.2Archaeology as a career
3. 5.3Rock art
4. 5.4Creating your own rock art
5. 5.5Artifact ethics
6. 5.6Site robbers
7. 5.7A guided journey into the past
8. 5.8Take action, save the past

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