The Routledge Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous-Colonial Interaction in the Americas brings together scholars from across the hemisphere to examine how archaeology can highlight the myriad ways that Indigenous people have negotiated colonial systems from the fifteenth century through to today.
The contributions offer a comprehensive look at where the archaeology of colonialism has been and where it is heading. Geographically diverse case studies highlight longstanding theoretical and methodological issues as well as emerging topics in the field. The organization of chapters by key issues and topics, rather than by geography, fosters exploration of the commonalities and contrasts between historical contingencies and scholarly interpretations. Throughout the volume, Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors grapple with the continued colonial nature of archaeology and highlight Native perspectives on the potential of using archaeology to remember and tell colonial histories.
This volume is the ideal starting point for students interested in how archaeology can illuminate Indigenous agency in colonial settings. Professionals, including academic and cultural resource management archaeologists, will find it a convenient reference for a range of topics related to the archaeology of colonialism in the Americas.
Author(s): Lee M. Panich and Sara L. Gonzalez
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2021
Cover
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Contents
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List of contributors
Part I Methodological and theoretical foundations
1 Situating archaeological approaches to Indigenous-colonial interaction in the Americas: an introduction
2 Deep histories and the archaeology of colonialism
3 A double coloniality: the modern/colonial underpinnings of mission archaeology in South America
4 Colonialism and Indigenous population decline in the Americas
5 Climate and colonialism in the Americas: comparing exemplary cases
6 Colonialism and historical ecology: livestock management as a case study in the American Southwest
7 Interpreting documentary and archaeological evidence: intercultural interactions in Santafé de Bogotá (Colombia)
8 Theorizing Indigenous-colonial interactions in the Americas
Part II Core issues and topics
9 Pathways to persistence: divergent Native engagements with sustained colonial permutations in North America
10 African-Indigenous interactions in colonial America: from divisions to dialogue
11 Indigenous negotiations of missionization and religious conversion
12 Labor and natural resource extraction in Spanish colonial contexts
13 Objects of change? Revisiting Native material culture and technological traditions in the post–1492 Americas
14 The archaeology of conquest and accommodation: a view from the Valley of Mexico
Part III Archaeological explorations of Native-lived colonialisms
15 Social networks and colonial adaptation in the Caribbean
16 Indigenous persistence in the face of imperialism: Andean case studies
17 Reconceptualizing the Wichita middle ground in the southern Plains
18 Indios bárbaros: Nomad-Spanish interactions on the northern frontier of New Spain
19 Indigenous agency and limits to the colonial order in South America
20 Landscapes of strategic mobility in Central America: San Pedro Siris during the Caste War
21 The adorned body in French colonial Louisiana: exploring cosmopolitan materialities of bodily objects
22 “Politics of regard” and the meaning of things: the persistence of ceramic and agroforestry practices by women in São Paulo
23 From hybridity to relationality: shifting perspectives on the archaeology of Métis emergence
24 Battling the Alamo: toward preservation and protection of Coahuiltecan legacies and camposantos
25 Lived heritage of colonialism at Tahcabo, Yucatán, México
26 Monumentalizing Nipmuc heritage and emplacing Indigenous presence
Part IV Decolonial futures
27 In small islands forgotten: lessons from CHamoru lands
28 Unsettling the archaeology of reservations: a view from Grand Ronde, Oregon
29 Survivance storytelling in archaeology
30 The Hoofed Clan story and storywork: Red Lake Ojibwe foodways and Indigenous food sovereignty
31 Indigenous archaeological approaches and the refusal of colonialism in archaeology
32 The limits of repatriation’s decolonizing abilities
33 Changing museum narratives: a conversation with culture curators at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
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