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

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 408 pages) : illustrations, maps Series One world archaeology ; 47 One world archaeology ; 47. 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Ethnoarchaeology. Social archaeology. Indigenous peoples -- Antiquities Archaeology -- Philosophy. Archaeologists -- Professional ethics Archaeology -- Fieldwork Human remains (Archaeology) -- Repatriation. Cultural property -- Repatriation. ethnoarchaeology. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology. Indigenous peoples -- Antiquities Archaeologists -- Professional ethics Archaeology -- Fieldwork Archaeology -- Philosophy Cultural property -- Repatriation Ethnoarchaeology Human remains (Archaeology) -- Repatriation Social archaeology Ethnoarchäologie Ethnoarchéologie -- Congrès. Archéologie sociale -- Congrès. Autochtones -- Antiquités -- Congrès. Archéologie -- Philosophie -- Congrès. Archéologues -- Déontologie -- Congrès. Form Electronic book Author Smith, Claire, 1957- Wobst, Hans Martin, 1943- ISBN 0203009894 9780203009895 0203215052 9780203215050 9780415309653 0415309654 9786610256228 6610256225

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