Forgotten Places and Things: Archaeological Perspectives on
American History. Compiled and Edited by Albert E. Ward. Albuquerque: Center
for Anthropological Studies, 1983. Illustrations. Index. 358 Pages. $24.00 Paperback.
Increasingly, local historians are coming to recognize that
they can learn much from other disciplines. Forgotten Places and Things is a collection of forty-five short papers on a variety of topics-ethnic groups,
oral history as a research tool, cultural geography, historians and historic
site archaeology, architectural preservation and natural conservation-which
provide a good introduction to an interdisciplinary approach to history.
Although some of the pieces are too technical for the rank amateur, they offer
food for thought for more advanced historians.
