1. Introduction -- 2. Mound Builders and Amateur Scientists: The Pre-1880 Era -- 3. Mounds and the American Paleolithic: 1881-1910 -- 4. The Birth of a Discipline: 1911-1940 -- 5. Understanding Time, Space, and Form: 1941-1960 -- 6. Salvage Archaeology and the Emergence of Environmental Studies: 1961-1976 -- 7. Archaeology as Big Business: The Late 1970s -- 8. Archaeology as the Science of Artifacts: The 1980s and 1990s -- 9. Interpretation versus Explanation: A Reflection on Missouri Archaeology.,Michael J. O'Brien.,Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-547) and index.