Archaeology at the millennium : of paradigms and practice -- An aspect of archaeology's recent past and its relevance in the new millennium -- Paleoanthropology at the millennium -- Fully modern humans -- Holocene hunter-gatherers -- The transition from hunter-gatherers to agricultural villages -- Richman, poorman, beggarman, chief : the dynamics of social inequality -- Craft production systems -- Warfare and the evolution of culture -- Understanding ancient state societies in the Old World -- State formation in the New World -- Classical archaeology and anthropological archaeology in North America : a meeting of minds at the millennium? -- Empires -- The archaeology of the future.