Stephen L. Black is a research associate and editor of www.TexasBeyondHistory.net at the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin. Kevin Jolly is a research fellow of the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin and the director of development at RW3 Technologies Inc.
Part 1 Series Editors' Foreword Part 2 1 Designing Archaeological Research with an Attitude Chapter 3 The Process of Designing Archaeological Research
Professional Archaeological Research
Why Design Archaeological Research?
The Cost of Archaeology
Your Obligation to the Public
Archaeology by Default
Designing Research is Archaeology Part 4 2 Building Your Professional Toolkit Chapter 5 Anthropological Archaeology
Current Archaeological Method and Theory
Multidisciplinary Studies
Keeping Current
Developing Regional Expertise
Navigating the Political Playing Field
Why the Professional Archaeologist's Toolkit is Heavy Part 6 3 A Quick Look at the Research Process Chapter 7 The "Pure" Research Process in Academic Archaeology
The "Directed" Research Process in CRM Archaeology
The Parts of CRM Research
Conclusion Part 8 4 The Scope of Work Chapter 9 The Project Area
The Work
Work Standards
Time
Money
Logistics
Conclusion Part 10 5 Research Questions Chapter 11 Typical Approaches to Archaeological Research
Creating Research Questions
Sources of Questions Part 12 6 Developing Your Research Strategy Chapter 13 Think First, Dig Later-Archaeological Strategy
Making Tough Choices-Operational Strategy
Conclusion Part 14 7 The Written Research Design Chapter 15 Whom Are You Writing For?
Projects Big and Small
Critical Components of Your Written Research Design
Additional Considerations
Conclusion Part 16 8 Putting Your Research Design to Work Chapter 17 Implementing Your Research Design
In from the Cold
Evaluating Your Research Design
Now It's Up to You Part 18 Appendix A. Groups You Should Join Part 19 Appendix B. Journals You Should Read Part 20 Appendix C. The ABCs of CRM Part 21 Appendix D. The Logistics Checklist Part 22 References Part 23 Index Part 24 About the Authors and Series Editors