Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
1. The Strong Case Approach - Michael Brian Schiffer and J. Jefferson Reid
2. Strong Cases, Mortuary Ritual, and Sodalities: Examples from Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona - Stephanie M. Whittlesey
3. Agricultural Commitment in the Grasshopper Region - John R. Welch and Joseph A. Ezzo
4. Pots and the Stories They Tell: Whole Vessel Assemblages as Strong Analytic Cases - Scott Van Keuren
5. The Ritual Retirement of Chodistaas Pueblo: A Strong Analytic Case - Barbara K. Montgomery
6. Snaketown in Culture- Historical Perspective - J. Jefferson Reid
7. Hohokam Chronology and the Interpretation of Radiocarbon Dates - Michael Brian Schiffer
8. Hearths, "Kivas," and Households at the Pigg Site: An Architectural Strong Analytical Case from Southwest Colorado - Charles R. Riggs
9. Inferring Identity and Social Divisions in a Multiethnic Historical Cemetery: The Alameda-Stone Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona - Michael Heilen
10. The Strong Case Approach in Ethnoarchaeology - James M. Skibo, Margaret E. Beck, and William A. Longacre
11. Perceiving the Protohistoric: When Weak Signatures Represent the Strongest Cases - Deni J. Seymour
12. Strong Cases and the Historical Record: The Case of Portable Radios with Subminiature Tubes - Michael Brian Schiffer
13. Strong Methods in All Cases - Mark E. Harlan
List of Contributors
Index