“…Many household archaeologists now realize that studies of activity areas cannot rely solely on macroartifacts (Barba and Manzanilla, 1987;Hastorf, 1999;Hastorf and Johannessen, 1991;Manzanilla and Barba, 1990;Middleton and Price, 1996;Moore and Denton, 1988;Parnell et al, 2002a,b;Pearsall, 2000;Robin, 2002;Sanchez Vizcaíno and Cañabate, 1999;Schuldenrein, 1995;Shott, 1989;Terry et al, 2004). This is particularly true of research beyond the buildings where, due to the vastness of open space, preserved macroartifacts are few and far between.…”