| | | Illustrations | | |
| | | Contributors | | |
| | | Foreword by Dena F. Dincauze | | |
| | | Preface by Jordan E. Kerber | | |
| | | Introduction by Jordan E. Kerber | | 1 |
| Pt. I | | Theoretical and Interpretive Frameworks | | |
| 1 | | Prehistoric Human Ecology as Cultural Resource Management by George P. Nicholas | | 17 |
| 2 | | Processualism, Postprocessualism, and Cultural Resource Management in New England by Robert G. Goodby | | 51 |
| 3 | | Postprocessual Approaches and Public Archaeology: Putting Critical Archaeology to Work for the Public by Parker B. Potter, Jr. | | 65 |
| 4 | | Archaeology, History, and Naive Americans: Preserving the Richness of the Past by Paul A. Robinson | | 87 |
| Pt. II | | Research Methodology | | |
| 5 | | Discovering and Estimating the Frequencies and Distribution of Archaeological Sites in the Northeast by Francis P. McManamon | | 99 |
| 6 | | Improved Documentation in Shell Midden Excavations: An Example from the South Shore of Cape Cod by Leslie C. Shaw | | 115 |
| Pt. III | | Legislation and Compliance | | |
| 7 | | Connecticuts Preservation Mechanisms for Protection of Native American and Colonial Burial Grounds by David A. Poirier and Nicholas F. Bellantoni | | 141 |
| 8 | | CRM Archaeology and Hydroelectric Relicensing in Maine by Arthur E. Spiess | | 155 |
| Pt. IV | | Creative Protection Strategies | | |
| 9 | | The Carrot, Not the Stick: Strategies for Protecting Archaeological Sites on Private Property by Brona G. Simon | | 191 |
| 10 | | Cultural Resource Management at the Community Level: The Wayland Archaeology Group by Duncan Ritchie and Paul Gardescu | | 209 |
| 11 | | Archaeology Under the Gun: Data Recovery, Salvage, and the Conservation Ethic by Curtiss R. Hoffman | | 223 |
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