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The Archaeology of Regions
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31 December 2009

In this volume, originally published by Smithsonian Institution Press in 1990, the editors present eight thorough case studies on a wide range of environments and cultural contexts to argue the advantages of full-coverage survey-the systematic coverage of a whole study area. A new prologue traces developments of the past two decades and shows how current archaeological practice favors full-coverage research design, both in cultural resource management and research contexts.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeological theory, Archaeology
“[R]epresents an important step in the holistic analysis of regions. Full-coverage survey . . . has great analytical potential beyond the range of sample survey. . . This volume will aid in the development of improved research designs and the interpretation of their results.” (Martin G. Dudek, American Antiquity)
Suzanne K. Fish, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Stephen A. Kowalewski, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Prologue to the Percheron Press Edition
Introduction, Suzanne K. Fish and Stephen A. Kowalewski
1. Critical Reflections on a Decade of Full-Coverage Regional Survey in the Valley of Mexico, Jeffrey R. Parsons
2. Merits of Fill-Coverage Survey: Examples from the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, Stephen A. Kowalewski
3. Full-Coverage Regional Archaeological Survey in the Near Wast: An Example from Iran, William M. Sumner
4. Full-Coverage Survey in the Lower Santa Valley: Implications for Regional Settlement Pattern Studies on the Peruvian Coast, David J. Wilson
5. Insights from Full-Coverage Survey in the Georgia Piedmont, Paul R. Fish and Thomas Gresham
6. Intesive Archaeological Survey of Long House Valley, Northeastern Arizona, Jeffrey S. Dean
7. Analyzing Regional Architecture: A Hohokam Example, Suzanne K. Fish, Paul R. Fish, and John H. Madsen
8. Sampling Full-Coverage Survey: An Example from Western Texas, Michael E. Wilson
9. Comments on the Case for Full-Coverage Survey, Keith W. Kintigh
10. Toward Refining Concepts of Full-Coverage Survey, George L. Cowgill
Conclusions, Stephen A. Kowalewski and Suzanne K. Fish