In 1882, Thomas Edison and his Edison Electric Light Company unveiled the first large-scale electrical system in the world to light a stretch of offices in a city. This was a monumental achievement, but it was not the beginning of the electrical age. The first electric generators were built in the 1[...]

This handbook synthesizes the most important principles of cultural and environmental formation processes for both students and practicing archaeologists. "Formation Process of the Archaeological Record" embodies a vision that the cultural past is knowable, but only when the nature of the evidence i[...]