Critical Historical Archaeology is an important summary of the work and thinking of one of our most thoughtful, influential archaeologists.

Part 1 Why Excavate?; Chapter 1 Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia; Chapter 2 Shakertown at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky; Chapter 3 Catholic and Protestant Relations in Maryland; Chapter 4 Establishing Site Significance; Chapter 5 The Virtues of Various Archaeological Theories; Part 2 Excavating Ideology; Chapter 6 The William Paca Garden as Ideology, Not Taste; Chapter 7 Technologies of the Self; Chapter 8 Ideology at Work as Religion; Chapter 9 Mormon Fences; Chapter 10 Mental Instability; Chapter 11 Subversive Genealogy; Part 3 Changing Things; Chapter 12 Public Tours; Chapter 13 A Lthusser at Work; Chapter 14 Exhibits; Chapter 15 The Ending; Chapter 101 Coda;