Introduction Section 1 - Basics1 What is archaeology? Aren Maeir, Bar-Ilan University2 How does archaeology help us understand the past? Merilyn Copland, William Jessup University 3 What Do Tells Tell Us? Merilyn Copland 4 Who Pays For All This? Oded Borowski, Emory University5 Do Archaeologists Just Dig, or is There A Plan? Itzhaq Shai, Ariel University 6 How Are Sites Chosen? Aren Maeir 7 Who Decides Who Can Dig and Where? Chris McKinny, Bar-Ilan University 8 Why Not Dig the Whole Site? Aren Maeir 9 What is a Survey and Why Use it? Joe Uziel, Israel Antiquities Authority 10 Why Leave Balks Around Squares? Oded Borowski 11 What is a Locus? Timothy Frank, University of Bern 12 What is a Phase and a Stratum? Eric L.Welch, University of Kansas 13 Are there Rules for Excavating or Special Techniques? Chris McKinny 14 How are Measurements Taken and Why? Eric L.Welch 15 Why Sift and How Often? Joe Uziel 16 How do You Know What Things to Record? Seung Ho Bang, Baylor University17 What if an Animal got their First? Elizabeth R. Arnold, Grand Valley State UniversitySection 2- Artifacts, Architecture, and Dating18 What is an Artifact? Edward Maher, North Central College19 How do You Identify an Artifact and How it was Used? Timothy Frank 20 What Can Pottery Tell Us? Nava Panitz-Cohen, Hebrew University 21 What do we Learn from Whole or Broken Pots? Jill Citron Katz, Yeshiva University 22 What is Primary vs. Secondary Use? Erin Darby, University of Tennessee 23 How is Pottery Processed During/After the Excavation? Nava Panitz-Cohen 24 How Can 3D Imaging Help? Timothy Frank 25 How do you Spot Mudbrick Walls? Amihai Mazar, Hebrew University 26 How do you Identify Dirt Floors? Oded Borowski 27 How do you Identify Dirt Roads? Rafel Y. Lewis, University of Haifa 28 How do you Date Things? Eric L.Welch 29 What is Absolute or Relative Dating? Jill Citron Katz30 Where's the Science in All This? Shira Gur-Arieh, Max Planck Institute 31 What is Carbon Dating? Michael Dee, University of Oxford32 Can Bayesian Statistics Help Pinpoint Dating? Michael Dee33 What is Dendrochronology? Brita Lorentzen, Cornell University 34 What Happens to all the Data? Piotr Bienkowski, International Umm al-Biyara Project Section 3 - Types of Archaeology35 What is Processual Archaeology? Sarah Kielt Costello, University of Houston36 What is Post-Processual Archaeology? Sarah Kielt Costello37 What is EthnoArchaeology? Jennie Ebeling, University of Evansville 38 What is Experimental Archaeology? Jennie Ebeling 39 What is Household Archaeology? Cynthia Shafer-Elliott40 What is Gender Archaeology? Cynthia Shafer-Elliott41 How are Children Identified in the Archaeological Record? Rona Avissar Lewis, W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research 42 What is Funerary Archaeology? Helen Dixon, University of Helsinki 43 How do you Define Cultic Context? Jonathan S. Greer, Grand Rapids Theological Seminary44 How do you Define Ethnicity? Aaron Brody, Pacific School of Religion 45 What can we Learn from the Ancient Environment?Elizabeth R. Arnold 46 What is Landscape Archaeology? Rafael Y. Lewis 47 What is Micro Archaeology? Deirdre N. Fulton, Baylor University48 What do we Learn from Animal Bones? Jonathan S. Greer49 Why Study Garbage? Deirdre N. Fulton 50 What is ArchaeoMetallurgy? Naama Yahalom-Mack, Hebrew University Section 4- Ethical Issues51 What is Kept and What is Not, and Why? Leann Pace, Wake Forest University 52 Who Owns the Artifacts Found? Leann Pace 53 How do Artifacts End Up in Museums? Helen Dixon 54 How Much Looting Takes Place During or After a Dig?Laura Wright, Luther College55 How is Archaeology used to Support Nationalism? Erin Darby56 Is it Ethical to Excavate in Contested Areas? Laura Wright
