Indigenous archaeologies : decolonizing theory and practice /

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 i...

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Other Authors: Smith, Claire, 1957-, Wobst, Hans Martin, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Series:One world archaeology ; 47.
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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 and archaeology in coastal NSW, Australia : Yarrawarra Place Stories Project
  • Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan : archaeology, colonialism and re-claiming the future
  • Coming back to country : a conversation at Firewood Creek
  • Not just black and white : African Americans reclaiming the indigenous past
  • First, be humble : working with indigenous peoples and other descendant communities
  • We just have to show you : research ethics blekbalawei
  • Living and learning on aboriginal lands : decolonizing archaeology in practice
  • Looking forward
  • looking back : shaping a shared future
  • Towards an indigenous research charter
  • The next step : an archaeology for social justice.