Intended as a guide or reader in graduate or advanced undergraduate courses and as a reference for professionals interested in the latest archaeological achievements, this significant compilation of articles dealing with the theoretical bases and substantive accomplishments of contemporary archaeology provides the coherent theory and concrete results of recent developments in anthropological archaeology. The thirty-three contributions here brought together, most of them previously published but several of which were written especially for this volume, are divided into seven main sections and are linked together by Mr. Leone's extensive commentary and discussion. A comprehensive bibliography provides unifying concepts of the work presented here and serves as a further guide to contemporary developments.