ABSTRACT
Normally a discipline either inherits its title from its subject matter, witness for example Egyptology, Classical Archaeology, or more vaguely Prehistoric Archaeology, or it inherits it from its basic approach to its subject matter. Implied in the discussion is that anthropology is more holistic than history, and in some ways it may well be. Historical Archaeology is viewed as covering a subject matter which in no sense is a unified historical entity, although, as already mentioned, there is a developmental relationship. Historic Sites Archaeology has the same potential but for opposite reasons. Historic Sites Archaeology in contradistinction deals with a specific historical subject that has temporal, spatial, and cultural boundaries. Methodologically Historic Sites Archaeology, and other branches of Historical Archaeology, should be the most sophisticated archaeology. The criticism may be raised that this will all come in good time, that Historic Sites Archaeology is a new field.
