Editing Bruce Trigger (section)

===History of archaeology===
Trigger's book ''A History of Archaeological Thought'' investigates the history of the development of theory and [[archaeology]] as a discipline. The first version was published by Cambridge University Press in 1989.<ref>{{cite book |title=History of Archaeological Thought |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SuoekuMtIIsC |isbn = 9780521338189|access-date=24 April 2020|last1 = Trigger|first1 = Bruce G.|year = 1989| publisher=Cambridge University Press }}</ref> This book was described as "the first ever to examine the history of archaeological thought from medieval times to the present in world-wide perspective"<ref name="Cambridge University Press Books">{{cite book |last1=Trigger |first1=Bruce G. |title=A History of Archaeological Thought |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/history-of-archaeological-thought/E278A8C631322BAC5B5E21C88E3CEBFB |website=Cambridge University Press |date=2006 |publisher=Cambridge University Press Books |doi=10.1017/CBO9780511813016 |isbn=9780521840767 |access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref> A second and expanded edition of this book was published in 2006.<ref name="Cambridge University Press Books"/> The second book "introduces new archaeological perspectives and concerns. At once stimulating and even-handed, it places the development of archaeological thought and theory throughout within a broad social and intellectual framework."<ref name="Cambridge University Press Books"/>

He published a number of articles on this topic:

* Trigger, Bruce Graham 1981 Anglo-American Archaeology ''World Archaeology'' 13(2: Regional traditions of archaeological research 1): 138–155.
* Trigger, Bruce Graham 1983 American Archaeology as Native History: A Review Essay. ''The William and Mary Quarterly'' 40(3): 413–452.
* Trigger, Bruce Graham 1984 Archaeology at the Crossroads: What's New? ''Annual Review of Anthropology'' 13: 275–300.
* Trigger, Bruce Graham 1984 Alternative Archaeologies: Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist. ''Man'' New Series, 19(2): 355–370.
* Trigger, Bruce Graham 1986 Prospects for a World Archaeology. ''World Archaeology'' 18(1) Perspectives in World Archaeology: 1–20.
* Trigger, Bruce Graham 1994 Ethnicity: An Appropriate Concept for Archaeology. ''Fennoscandia Archaeologica'' XI: 100–103.
* Trigger, Bruce Graham 1995 Expanding Middle Range Theory. ''Antiquity'' 69: 449–458.
* Trigger, Bruce Graham 1998 ‘The Loss of Innocence’ in Historical Perspective. ''Antiquity'' 72(277): 694–698.