Method and Theory American Archaeology in GORDON R. WILLEY and PHILIP PHILLIPS Archaeology and Anthropology meet in thi&stud^ oftheprehi$iQTy\ ofthe Americas^ P88 $1.50 (U.K. 10/6 n.et» PLEASE HANDLE WITH CARE Universityof ConnecticutLibraries •Q*«^0f^»«^9<^» 3 =1153 013523bl D GAYLORDRG Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from LYRASIS members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/methodtheoryinam1958will S C oO < A Method and Theory in American rchaeology Method and Theory BY GORDON R. WILLEY AND PHILIP PHILLIPS American Archaeology in PHOENIX BOOKS 4£fc THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO & LONDON Library ofCongress Catalog Card Number: 57-11215 The University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London The University ofToronto Press, Toronto 5, Canada © 1958 by The University ofChicago. Published1958 FirstPhoenixEdition 1962 Third Impression 1963 Composed andprinted by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. To JAMES ALFRED FORD