Indigenous archaeologies

Indigenous archaeologies: decolonizing theory and practice

by Smith, Claire Wobst, Hans Martin

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With case studies from North America to Australia and South Africa and covering topics from archaeological ethics to the repatriation of human remains, this book charts the development of a new form of archaeology that is informed by indigenous values and agendas. This involves fundamental changes in archaeological theory and practice as well as substantive changes in the power relations between archaeologists and indigenous peoples. Questions concerning the development of ethical archaeologica…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Indigenous archaeologies : decolonizing theory and practice / edited by Claire Smith and H. Martin Wobst.

Summary

With case studies from North America to Australia and South Africa and covering topics from archaeological ethics to the repatriation of human remains, this book charts the development of a new form of archaeology that is informed by indigenous values and agendas. This involves fundamental changes in archaeological theory and practice as well as substantive changes in the power relations between archaeologists and indigenous peoples. Questions concerning the development of ethical archaeological practices are at the heart of this process.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2005.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2005.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xxii, 408 pages) : : illustrations, maps

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0203009894, 9780203009895, 0203215052, 9780203215050, 9780415309653, 0415309654, 9786610256228, 6610256225
  • oclc:ocm62594574
  • LC Classification:CC79.E85
  • Dewey Decimal:930.1/01

Table of Contents

Decolonizing archaeological theory and practice -- Power to the (indigenous) past and present! : or, the theory and method behind archaeological theory and method -- Indigenous worldviews and ways of knowing as theoretical and methodological foundations for archaeological research -- Developing an aboriginal archaeology : receiving gifts from White Buffalo Calf Woman -- Earthshapers and placemakers : Algonkian Indian stories and the landscape -- The persistence of memory, the politics of desire : archaeological impacts on aboriginal peoples and their response -- You write it down and bring it back, that's what we want : revisiting the 1948 removal of human remains from Kunbarlanja (Oenpelli), Australia -- Letters from the field : reflections on the nineteenth-century archaeology of Harlan I. Smith in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada -- Reclaiming the ancient one : addressing the conflicts between American Indians and archaeologists over protection of cultural places -- The politics of American archaeology : cultural resources, cultural affiliation and Kennewick -- Silencing and sharing of southern African indigenous and embedded knowledge -- Aboriginal ecotourism …

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Subjects

Archaeologists -- Professional ethics Archaeology -- Fieldwork Archaeology -- Philosophy Archéologie -- Philosophie Archéologie -- Recherche sur le terrain Archéologie sociale Archéologie sociale -- Congrès Archéologues -- Déontologie Autochtones -- Antiquités Cultural property -- Repatriation ethnoarchaeology Ethnoarchäologie Ethnoarchéologie Ethnoarchéologie -- Congrès Human remains (Archaeology) -- Repatria… Indigenous peoples -- Antiquities Patrimoine culturel -- Restitution Restes humains (Archéologie) -- Rapatri… Social archaeology SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology

Writers

Smith, Claire Wobst, Hans Martin

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