Handbook of Postcolonial Archaeology

527 Pages·2010·5.027 MB·English

by  Jane Lydon, Uzma Z Rizvi

HANDBOOK OF
POSTCOLONIAL ARCHAEOLOGY
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HANDBOOK OF
POSTCOLONIAL ARCHAEOLOGY
Jane Lydon and Uzma Z. Rizvi
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CCOONNTTEENNTTSS
Figures and Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Series Editors’ Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
1: Introduction: Postcolonialism and Archaeology
Jane Lydon and Uzma Z.Rizvi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
PART I: The Archaeological Critique of Colonization:
Global Trajectories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
2: Colonialism and European Archaeology
Alfredo González-Ruibal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
3: Near Eastern Archaeology: Imperial Pasts,Postcolonial Presents,and
the Possibilities of a Decolonized Future
Benjamin W.Porter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
4: “Diba Jimooyung”—Telling Our Story: Colonization and Decolonization
of Archaeological Practice from an Anishinabe Perspective
Sonya Atalay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
5: The Colonial Legacy in the Archaeology of South Asia
Dilip K.Chakrabarti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
6: The Colonial Experience of the Uncolonized and Colonized: The Case
of East Asia,Mainly as Seen from Japan
Koji Mizoguchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
7: Resurrecting the Ruins of Japan’s Mythical Homelands: Colonial
Archaeological Surveys in the Korean Peninsula and Heritage Tourism
Hyung Il Pai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
8: Archaeology in Colonial and Postcolonial USSR
Pavel Dolukhanov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Commentaries
9: Subjectivity and Science in Postcolonial Archaeology
Ania Loomba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
10: Archaeology Enters the 21st Century
Thomas C.Patterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
PART II: Archaeological Narratives of Colonialism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
11: Writing New Archaeological Narratives: Indigenous North America
Stephen W.Silliman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
12: The Archaeology of Historical Indigenous Australia
Alistair Paterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
13: Liberation,and Emancipation: Constructing a Postcolonial
Archaeology of the African Diaspora
Theresa A.Singleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
14: Encounters with Postcolonialism in Irish Archaeology
Charles E.Orser,Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
15: An Africa-Informed View of Postcolonial Archaeologies
Peter R.Schmidt and Karega Munene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Commentaries
16: The Archaeological Survey of India and the Science of
Postcolonial Archaeology
Ashish Chadha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
17: Shades of the Colonial
O.Hugo Benavides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
PART III: Addressing/Redressing the Past: Restitution,
Repatriation, and Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
18: Repatriation in the United States: The Current State of NAGPRA
Jon Daehnke and Amy Lonetree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
19: Repatriation: Australian Perspectives
Michael Green and Phil Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
20: Australian and International Perspectives on Native Title,
Archaeology,and the Law
Peter Veth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
21: Cultural Property: Internationalism,Ethics,and Law
Alexander A.Bauer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285
22: New Museological Ways of Seeing the World: Decolonizing
Archaeology in Lebanese Museums
Lina G.Tahan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Commentaries
23: The Global Repatriation Debate and the New “Universal Museums”
Magnus Fiskesjö . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
24: Efficacy of “Emic”and “Etic”in Archaeology and Heritage
Joost Fontein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
PART IV: Colonial and Postcolonial Identities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
25: Gender and Sexuality
Louise Ströbeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
26: Cultural Identity,and Colonial and Postcolonial Archaeologies
Sarah Croucher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
27: Class Identity and Postcolonialism
Gavin Lucas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
28: Race and Class
Paul R.Mullins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
Commentaries
29: An Archaeologist Finds Her Voice: A Commentary on Colonial
and Postcolonial Identities
Whitney Battle-Baptiste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
30: Archaeology,Ancestral Bodies,and Native American Identity
in the New Millennium: Commentary on Colonial and Postcolonial
Identities
John Norder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393
PART V: Strategies of Practice: Implementing the
Postcolonial Critique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401
31: Community Heritage and Partnership in Xcalakdzonot,Yucatán
Fernando Armstrong-Fumero and Julio Hoil Gutierrez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405
32: Partnership Archaeology and Indigenous Ancestral Engagement
in Torres Strait,Northeastern Australia
Liam Brady and Joe Crouch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413
33: Archaeological Practice at the Cultural Interface
Martin Nakata and Bruno David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429
34: Ethnographic Interventions
Lynn Meskell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445
35: Colonialism,Conflict,and Connectivity: Public Archaeology’s
Message in a Bottle
Sandra Scham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .459
Commentaries
36: Public Interest Anthropology: A Model for Engaged Research
Tied to Action
Peggy Reeves Sanday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .471
37: Cultural Resources Management,Public Archaeology
and Advocacy
Carol McDavid and Fred McGhee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481
38: Epilogue: Postcolonialism and Archaeology
Uzma Z.Rizvi and Jane Lydon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .495
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505
About the Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513
For Roy and Dash,both younger than this book.
For Amma and her refusal to speak to me in English.