Dan Mouers query of the 15th Jan wrt historical archaeology textbooks has prompted a request of my own. As a non-(North American)historical archaeologist (my own specialism is medieval Britain) I have tuned in to the histarch list for some time (by accident, originally, but I decided to stay) and would like to delve a little deeper into the mysteries of the subject. Can anyone recommend a decent textbook(s) that I can begin with, or perhaps a comprehensive review article? To date all I have stumbled across is a general book on Martin's Hundred by Hume and a couple of articles which discuss the general issue of relationships between documentary history and archaeological history. Thanks in advance. On an unrelated subject, the first episode in a new series of the Time Team (a popular British archaeology programme) was shown over here the other day. The basic idea behind it is that a team comprising archaeologists, archivists, etc have a limited amount of time to investigate a site of archaeological interest in the hope of contributing something to our understanding of the site. This first episode was based at an early colony in Maryland (can't remeber the name-was it Williamsburg?). I was just wondering if it had been screened in the states, and if so, whether anone has any reactions to it. One of the more interesting features of the programme was that the discrepancy in archaeological tactics utilised by American and British archaeologists was emphasised. For example, much was made of the fact that the American team insisted on sieving all deposits excavated, a practise rarely seen on British sites of the historical period (C5 to C20). On the other hand, the British team made extensive use of geophysics, a technique which the programme implied was not widely used on your side of the Atlantic. Were these observations representative of US archaeology generally or has the programme given a false impression? Cheers for now, and thanks for your thoughts. Tim Eaton (university of Reading, Berkshire, England).-