Table of Contents

Preface PART I. An Introduction to Formation Processes 1. The Nature of Archaeological Evidence 2. The Dimensions of Artifact Variability PART II. Cultural Formation Processes 3. Reuse Processes 4. Cultural Deposition 5. Reclamation Processes 6. Disturbance Processes PART III. Environmental Formation Processes 7. Environmental Formation Processes: The Artifact 8. Environmental Formation Processes: The Site 9. Environmental Formation Processes: The Region PART IV. The Study of Formation Processes 10. The Identification of Formation Processes 11. Formation Processes and Archaeological Inference: Hohokam Chronology 12. Formation Processes and Archaeological Inference: Brother K Pueblo 13. The Archaeological Process References Index

About the Author

Michael Schiffer is professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona.