R. Layton (ed.)

Conflict in the Archaeology of Living Traditions

Herausgeber: Layton, R.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Addressing some of the most contentious issues in the pursuit of archaeology and anthropology today, "Conflict in the Archaeology of Living Traditions" calls into question the traditional, and sometimes difficult, relationship between Western scholars and the contemporary cultures and peoples they study. The book discusses various issues: the models and concepts of evolution, the selectivity of what is rated "worthwhile" for purposes of academic study, and the profound disturbance of indigenous cultures by the exhumation and reburial of human skeletons for research. The book brings together new insights from professional scientists as well as indigenous contributors, providing a worldwide range of studies dealing with these problems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780415095594
• ISBN-10: 041509559X
• Artikelnr.: 22320437

Autorenporträt

R. Layton

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors Foreword Preface Introduction: conflict in the
archaeology of living traditions 1. Relations of production and exchange in
17th-century New England: interpretive contexts for the archaeology of
culture contact 2. Archaeology, colonialism and 17th-century Native
America: towards an alternative interpretation 3. History and prehistory in
Bolivia: what about the Indians? Made radical by my own: an archaeologist
learns to accept reburial 5. On the problem of historicist catgories in
theories of human development 6. The burden of an encumbered inheritance
upon the study of the past of Madagascar 7. Archaeological and
anthropological hypotheses concerning the origin of ethnic divisions in
sub-Saharan Africa 8. The role of language in African perceptions of the
past: an appraisal of African language policies and practices 9. A chapter
in the history of the colonization of Sami lands: the forced migration of
Norwegian reindeer Sami to Finland in the 1800s 10. A proper place for the
dead: a critical review ofthe `reburial' issue 11. The sanctity of the
grave: White concepts and American Indian burials 12. The acquisition,
storage and handling of Aboriginal skeletal remains in museums: an
indigenous perspective 13. The souls of my dead brothers 14. Statement of
American Indians Against Desecration before the World Archaeological
Congress 15. Federal Indian burial policy: historical anachronism or
contemporary reality? 16. Human bones as symbols of power: aboriginal
American belief systems toward bones and `grave-robbing' archaeologists 17.
The role of archaeology in nation building 18. Dual perceptions of the
past: archaeolgy and Inuit culture Index