Thanks to all, on and off-list who pointed me in the direction of lots of useful reading.

Cheers
David

Dr David Petts
Lecturer in Archaeology / Associate Director of the Institute of Medieval and  Early Modern Studies
Dept. of Archaeology
Durham University
Durham
DH1 3LE

Tel: 0191 3341166
http://www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/?id=5760

*  Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies
*  Roman Binchester Research Project 





-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Terry Brock
Sent: 19 May 2013 22:29
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Basic reading on US Historical Archaeology

The SHA syllabus clearinghouse is a good place to look for quality texts on historical archaeology: http://www.sha.org/research/syllabus.cfm

Terry


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> On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 3:10 PM, David Parkhill <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> I asked the same thing about 10 years ago when I first started 
>> exploring Historical Archaeology. I received 1 reply and not from 
>> Historic Archaeology.
>> 
>> I found later that the person that replied was pretty smart. They 
>> said that because there are so many facets about History that it 
>> would be difficult to present a course that covered the subject. Just 
>> think Historic Bldgs, Historic Gins and Historic Grist Mills etc. 
>> etc.
>> 
>> If within the past 10-15 years a basic course has been developed I 
>> would be pleased to know Who, What, When and where? So far I have 
>> just dug in where Angels feared to go and my library has exploded.
>> 
>> D. Parkhill
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of 
>> PETTS D.A.
>> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:44 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Basic reading on US Historical Archaeology
>> 
>> Hi Folks
>> We're slowly building up the historical / post-med side of teaching 
>> on our Undergraduate degree courses here in Durham. I'm keen to 
>> include something on US material. So, here is the question - what are 
>> the key texts / articles / papers you'd suggest to provide a good 
>> basic overview of the historical archaeology of the USA up to say 
>> 1900? Are there good basic survey books/ historical archaeology 101 
>> introductory texts?
>> 
>> cheers
>> David
>> 
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