International Handbook of Historical Archaeology

Abstract

When one is involved with a project of this magnitude and duration, it is virtually impossible to thank everyone who has contributed to its success. The idea for the project began with Eliot Werner, who approached Teresita Majewski and Charles E. Orser, Jr., to edit the handbook when Springer was still Plenum. We are grateful to Eliot for having the original vision for the handbook and to Chuck for helping to assemble the initial cast of contributors, preparing a chapter for the volume, and providing insightful comments on earlier versions of the papers. Some years later, Teresa M. Krauss, editor for, Archaeology and Sociology at Springer, inherited the project and, together with her capable assistant, Kather- ine Chabalko, ushered the project to completion. Quite literally, without Teresa’s saint-like patience, encouragement, and firm hand, the handbook would never have been published. David Gaimster became coeditor of the volume in 2005, and Majewski thanks him for enhancing the editorial partnership with his sup- port, scholarship, and international perspective. We are indebted to numerous assistants who helped with editorial tasks at various stages of the handbook’s preparation. Nicole Branton worked on the project at the beginning and later became one of the contributors to the volume. More recently, Kelly L. Jenks, Lauren E. Jelinek, S. Greg Johnson, and Elisabeth Cutright-Smith worked assiduously getting the final papers ready to submit to Springer and helped to keep Majewski focused on the endgame.