The 35 essays in the international handbook of historical archaeology have been specially commissioned from leading researchers in their fields creating a wide ranging digest of the increasingly global field of historical archaeology that will be an essential addition to any library authors include both senior and junior scholars and represent the major sectors where historical archaeologists are employed today the cultural resource heritage management industry universities government . Where historical archaeology started as part of the study of the post columbian societies of the united states and canada it has now expanded to interface with the post medieval archaeologies of. The 35 essays in the international handbook of historical archaeology have been specially commissioned from leading researchers in their fields creating a wide ranging digest of the increasingly global field of historical archaeology that will be an essential addition to any library authors include both senior and junior scholars and represent the major sectors where historical archaeologists are employed today the cultural resource heritage management industry universities government . International handbook of historical archaeology teresita majewski l david gaimster editors international handbook of historical archaeology 13 25 historical archaeology in yucatan and central america 429 william r fowler 26 archaeologies of the african diaspora brazil cuba