Böcker av John M. Chenoweth

The first part of Volume I includes a guide to further research, a new Primer on Historic Ceramics, discussions of the lifecourse of objects as they are used and reused, fragmentation and "missing" artifacts, and central information on dating. Part two presents methods of analysis unique to historical archaeology, such as Binford's Pipe Stem Dating or South's Mean Ceramic Dating formulas in their original forms (updates are discussed in chapter one), along with various iterations of pattern analysis.

Volumes II and III focus on the identification of different kinds of materials and are divided chronologically. Volume III focuses on materials produced and used mainly during the 19th and 20th centuries. In addition to the materials considered in Volume II, works here outline metal cans, gun cartridges, and even electrical artifacts.

Volumes II and III focus on the identification of different kinds of materials and are divided chronologically. Volume II focuses on earlier materials, primarily from the 17th and 18th centuries, but also extending into the early decades of the 19th century. Ceramic materials, including smoking pipes, and glass (both window and vessel) are considered in the first part and "small finds" such as beads, buckles, thimbles, gun flints, and buttons can be identified in the second.