Indigenous Archaeologies: Decolonising Theory and PracticeClaire Smith, H. Martin Wobst 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. |
Contents
Archaeology camp | 2 |
1 Decolonizing archaeological theory and practice | 4 |
The theory and method behind archaeological theory and method | 15 |
3 Indigenous worldviews and ways of knowing as theoretical and methodological foundations for archaeological research | 30 |
receiving gifts from White Buffalo Calf Woman | 39 |
Algonkian Indian stories and the landscape | 52 |
archaeological impacts on Aboriginal peoples and their response | 75 |
Part II Reclaiming the Past | 99 |
Part III Indigenous Voice and Identity | 193 |
11 Silencing and sharing southern African Indigenous and embedded knowledge | 195 |
Yarrawarra Place Stories Project | 213 |
archaeology colonialism and reclaiming the future | 230 |
a conversation at Firewood Creek | 249 |
African Americans reclaiming the Indigenous past | 266 |
Part IV The ethics of archaeological practice | 283 |
working with Indigenous | 284 |
Keepers of the Indigenous past | 100 |
7 You write it down and bring it back thats what we wantrevisiting the 1948 removal of human remains from Kunbarlanja | 102 |
The Saga of the Ancient One or a history of Kennewick as told in verse Limmerick | 122 |
reflections on the nineteenthcentury archaeology of Harlan ISmith in the southern Interior of British Columbia Canada | 125 |
The Ancient One | 159 |
addressing the conflicts between American Indians and archaeologists over protection of cultural places | 160 |
Bringing back the Spirit bringing back the truth | 174 |
Keeper of the bones | 176 |
cultural resources cultural affiliation and Kennewick | 178 |
Other editions - View all
Indigenous Archaeologies: Decolonising Theory and Practice Claire Smith,H. Martin Wobst Limited preview - 2004 |
Indigenous Archaeologies: Decolonizing Theory and Practice Claire Smith,Hans Martin Wobst No preview available - 2005 |
Indigenous Archaeologies: Decolonising Theory and Practice Claire Smith,H. Martin Wobst No preview available - 2010 |
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Abenaki Aboriginal Aboriginal and Torres Aboriginal archaeology academic African American Algonkian American Indian ancestors Anthropology archaeological practice archaeological record archaeological research Arnhem Land artefacts Australian Australian Archaeology Barunga Black Seminole Boas bones British Columbia burial Burra centre colonial context Corindi Beach cultural heritage cultural resources descendant communities Elders ethical European example excavation Expedition fieldwork Goolwa graves human remains identity important Indigenous archaeology Indigenous Australians Indigenous communities Indigenous cultural Indigenous past Indigenous research Institution interests issues Jawoyn Kamloops Kennewick knowledge Kunbarlanja landscape Lillooet living Lytton Mountford NAGPRA National Native American Ngadjuri Ngarrindjeri non-Indigenous North oral history oral tradition paper people’s pipul Pocumtuck political prehistoric present region relationships repatriation rock art scientific Secwepemc Seminole Shuswap skeletal social society South stories Teit things Torres Strait Islander traditional owners tribal tribes understanding University Press Western Wobst worldview Yarrawarra