Excavating Pedregal : Archaeological Explorations of Conquest and Daily Life in Ancient Peru (Paperback)

Introduction: What Is an Archaeologist and How Did I Become One?;?Chapter 1: What Do Archaeologists Want to Know about the Past?; Chapter 2: Reasoning like an Archaeologist: Connecting Questions to Evidence;?Chapter 3: Who Cares about Archaeology and Why? Archaeology’s Stakeholders;?Chapter 4: How Do You Know Where to Dig? Surveying Regions, Landscapes, and Sites; Chapter 5: Brushing Dirt Off of Other Dirt: Excavating Archaeological Sites; Chapter 6:? Making Sense of Time, Space, and Artifacts; Chapter 7: Corn, Fish, and Conquest: Analyzing Plant and Animal Remains;?Chapter 8: Tools of the Trade: Ceramic Pots and Stone Implements as Culinary Technologies;?Chapter 9: Reading the Bones: Bioarchaeology of Cuisine, Identity, and Experience under Chimu Rule;?Chapter 10: Conclusions, Conversations, and New Directions;?Index.