ABSTRACT
The tendency is for the word archaeology, for us, to suggest the study of human prehistory—as a defined subfield of anthropology. Most historic sites work in this country has been done by anthropological archaeologists, and the vast majority participating in this symposium are of that breed. Such a project also utilizes historical techniques. The historian associated with the project employs his knowledge of documentary research and historiography to assemble what material he can bearing on the project at hand. An ideal publication of an historic site, to the author mind, would be in the form of an ethnographic monograph. The analysis of artifacts should be carried as far as possible, which in the realm of historic objects usually means the consultation of a number of authorities. In short, the product was not history or anthropology. It was data to be used in interpretive development.
