The Archaeology of Colonialism: Intimate Encounters and Sexual Effects

369 Pages·2011·13.2 MB·English

by  Barbara L. Voss

TheArchaeologyofColonialism
Thisvolumeexamineshumansexualityasanintrinsicelementintheinterpretation
of complex colonial societies. Although archaeological studies of the historic past
haveexploredthedynamicsofEuropeancolonialism,suchworkhaslargelyignored
broaderissuesofsexuality,embodiment,commemoration,reproduction,andsen-
suality.Recently,however,scholarshavebeguntorecognizetheseissuesasessential
components of colonization and imperialism. This book explores a variety of case
studies,revealingthemultifacetedintersectionsofcolonialismandsexuality.Incor-
porating work that ranges from Phoenician diasporic communities of the eighth
centurytoBritain’snineteenth-centuryAustralianpenalcoloniestothecontempo-
rarymarooncommunityofBrazil,thisvolumechangesthewayweunderstandthe
relationshipbetweensexualityandcolonialhistory.
BarbaraL.VossisAssociateProfessorofAnthropologyatStanfordUniversity,where
sheisalsoaffiliatedwiththeStanfordArchaeologyCenter,FeministStudies,andthe
CenterforComparativeStudyonRaceandEthnicity.Dr.Voss’sfieldandlaboratory
researchinvestigatesthedynamicsandoutcomesoftransnationalculturalencoun-
ters in colonial and early industrial North America. She is the author or editor of
severalbooks,including,mostrecently,TheArchaeologyofEthnogenesis:Race,Sexuality,
andIdentityinColonialSanFrancisco;TheArchaeologyofChineseImmigrantandChinese
American Communities (coedited with Bryn Williams); and Archaeologies of Sexuality
(coeditedwithRobertA.Schmidt).
EleanorConlinCasellaisSeniorLecturerinArchaeologyattheUniversityofMan-
chester,wheresheisalsoaffiliatedwiththeCentreforResearchonSocio-Cultural
Change. She has directed archaeological projects in Australia, North America,
northwest England, and the Scottish Highlands. She is the author or editor of
several books, including, most recently, The Alderley Sandhills Project: An Archaeology
ofCommunityLifein(Post)-IndustrialEngland(coauthoredwithSarahCroucher),The
ArchaeologyofInstitutionalConfinement,TheArchaeologyofPluralandChangingIdentities
(coedited with Chris Fowler), and Industrial Archaeology: Future Directions (coedited
withJamesSymonds).

the archaeology of
colonialism
Intimate Encounters and Sexual Effects
BarbaraL.Voss
StanfordUniversity
EleanorConlinCasella
UniversityofManchester
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Contents
ListofIllustrations pageix
ListofTables xiii
ListofContributors xv
1 IntimateEncounters:AnArchaeologyofSexualitieswithinColonial
Worlds 1
EleanorConlinCasellaandBarbaraL.Voss
2 SexualEffects:PostcolonialandQueerPerspectivesonthe
ArchaeologyofSexualityandEmpire 11
BarbaraL.Voss
SectionI: PleasuresandProhibitions
3 LittleBastardFelons:Childhood,Affect,andLabourinthePenal
ColoniesofNineteenth-CenturyAustralia 31
EleanorConlinCasella
4 TheCurrencyofIntimacy:TransformationsoftheDomesticSphere
ontheLate-Nineteenth-CenturyDiamondFields 49
LindsayWeiss
5 “AConcubineIsStillaSlave”:SexualRelationsandOmaniColonial
IdentitiesinNineteenth-CenturyEastAfrica 67
SarahK.Croucher
6 ThePoliticsofReproduction,Rituals,andSexinPunicEivissa 85
MireiaLo´pez-Bertran
SectionII: EngagedBodies
7 Fear,Desire,andMaterialStrategiesinColonialLouisiana 105
DianaDiPaoloLoren
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8 DeathandSex:ProcreationintheWakeofFatalEpidemicswithin
IndigenousCommunities 122
KathleenL.Hull
9 EffectsofEmpire:GenderedTransformationsontheOrinoco
Frontier 138
KayTarbledeScaramelli
10 In-BetweenPeopleinColonialHonduras:ReworkingSexualities
atTicamaya 156
RussellN.Sheptak,KiraBlaisdell-Sloan,andRosemaryA.Joyce
11 TheScaleoftheIntimate:ImperialPoliciesandSexualPracticesin
SanFrancisco 173
BarbaraL.Voss
SectionIII: Commemorations
12 LifeandDeathinAncientColonies:Domesticity,MaterialCulture,
andSexualPoliticsintheWesternPhoenicianWorld,EighthtoSixth
Centuriesbce 195
AnaDelgadoandMeritxellFerrer
13 ReadingGladiators’EpitaphsandRethinkingViolenceand
MasculinityintheRomanEmpire 214
RenataS.Garraffoni
14 MonumentsandSexualPoliticsinNewEnglandIndianCountry 232
PatriciaE.Rubertone
15 GenderRelationsinaMaroonCommunity,Palmares,Brazil 252
PedroPauloA.FunariandAlineVieiradeCarvalho
SectionIV: ShowingandTelling
16 SexualizingSpace:TheColonialLeerandtheGenealogyofStoryville 271
ShannonLeeDawdy
17 Showing,Telling,Looking:IntimateEncountersintheMakingof
SouthAfricanArchaeology 290
NickShepherd
18 ObstinateThings 303
MaryWeismantel
Conclusion
19 SexualityandMateriality:TheChallengeofMethod 323
MartinHall
Index 341
List of Illustrations
3.1 MapofTasmaniaandlocationsmentionedintext page33
3.2 AreaE:DetailofNurseryWardfeatures,southfacing 39
3.3 AreaE:Planofexcavatedfeatures,includingdetailsofbuildingphases 41
3.4 Detailofclothbalemonument 43
3.5 Excavatedleadbaleseal 45
4.1 LocalityoftheDiamondFields 51
4.2 Classicaltransfer-printpatternfromearlyHalf-WayHouseHotel 54
4.3 SpongewarecupfromHalf-WayHouseHotelandgilt“cloverleaf”
teacups 55
4.4 PhotographofDeBeersCompound1919 59
5.1 MapoftheislandsofZanzibarshowingarchaeologicalsurveyareas 70
5.2 PlanofthesiteofMgolishowingthestonehouseandtrench
locations 71
5.3 ArchaeologicalplanofTrenchCshowinghousefoundation 73
5.4 Copperalloyearring 75
6.1 MapoftheMediterraneanSeaandtheislandofEivissashowingsites
mentioned 87
6.2 IllaPlanabell-shapefigurineswithdecoration 89
6.3 IllaPlanaovoid,bird-headedfigurines 91
6.4 IllaPlanaovoidfigurine 91
7.1 LocationoftheGrandVillageoftheNatchez/FatherlandSite 107
7.2 Communaldance 111
7.3 IndianbridewithfanandyoungIndianwomanwithapaddle 115
8.1 Contact-eranativecommunitiesoftheYosemiteregionandareasto
thewest 125
8.2 Long-termpopulationprofileforYosemiteValleynativepopulation 133
9.1 TheMiddleOrinocoregionofVenezuela 141
9.2 Distributionofgroupedvesselformsaccordingtoperiod 146
9.3 Catholicmedallion,thimble,andbucklefromRepublicanperiodsites 147
9.4 MotifofChristiancross,superimposedoverearlierpaintingsatCueva
Pintadasite 149
9.5 Mapoyowomanbakingmanioccakes(casabe) 151
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