The Archaeology of Regions: A Case for Full-Coverage Survey

by Suzanne K. Fish, Stephen A. Kowaleski (Editor)

In this volume, originally published by Smithsonian Institution Press in 1990, the editors present eight thorough case studies on a wide range of environments and cultural contexts to argue the advantages of full-coverage survey-the systematic coverage of a whole study area. A new prologue traces developments of the past two decades and shows how current archaeological practice favors full-coverage research design, both in cultural resource management and research contexts.

220 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Suzanne K. Fish is a Research Archaeologist at the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona. She has specialized in Hohokam archaeology for more than ten years; other areas of professional emphasis include ethnobotany, settlement patterns, and Mesoamerican prehistory. Recent publications include articles and books on the advantages of full-coverage archaeological survey, subsistence issues, demography, and Hohokam cultural ecology and social organization.