Orser's Historical Archaeology came to mind right away

Bill White

> On Oct 16, 2014, at 8:33 AM, "ian Burrow" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I like Charles Orser's Historical Archaeology.  I think it's a thoughtful approach to the subject and complements Deetz very well because it's a little more theoretical but still very readable with good case studies.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anna Agbe-Davies
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 10:47 AM
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> Subject: "the one [other] book I can't do without"
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> Hello HistArchers,
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> I'm building a new course (undergrad historical archaeology) for next year and I thought this might make an interesting topic for conversation, so after consulting the syllabi on the SHA webpage, I'm
> wondering:
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> What is the one book (besides In Small Things Forgotten--which is pretty much ubiquitous) that you like best for teaching an undergraduate course in historical archaeology? And, even more crucially, why?
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> I'll go first.  For me, there's no book like Uncommon Ground for the clarity and unfussiness of the writing, the balance between text and artifact data in the argument, and the clear social message of the entire project.
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> (Then again, I use it every year for another class, so I'm going to resist my impulse to include it on this syllabus, too!)
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> Happy Thursday, all,
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> Anna
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