Collaboration in archaeological practice : engaging descendant communities

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Collaboration in archaeological practice : engaging descendant communities

edited by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh and T.J. Ferguson

(Archaeology in society series)

AltaMira Press, c2008

  • : cloth

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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In Collaboration in Archaeological Practice, prominent archaeologists reflect on their experiences collaborating with descendant communities (peoples whose ancestors are the subject of archaeological research). They offer philosophical and practical advice on how to improve the practice of archaeology by actively involving native peoples and other interested groups in research.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 The Collaborative Continuum Chapter 3 Navigating the Fluidity of Social Identity: Collaborative Research into Cultural Affiliation in the American Southwest Chapter 4 Unusual of "Extreme" Beliefs About the Past: Community Identity and Dealing with the Fringe Chapter 5 Things Are Not Always What They Seem: Indigenous Knowledge and Pattern Recognition in Archaeological Analysis Chapter 6 Not the End, Not the Middle, But the Beginning: Repatriation as a Transformative Mechanism for Archaeologists and Indigenous Peoples Chapter 7 Heritage Ethics and Descendant Communities Chapter 8 Collaboration Means Equality, Respect, and Reciprocity: A Conversation About Archaeology and the Hopi Tribe Chapter 9 The Ethics of Collaboration: Whose Culture? Whose Intellectual Property? Who Benefits? Chapter 10 New Africa: Understanding the Americanization of African Descent Groups Through Archaeology Chapter 11 "I Wish for Paradise": Memory and Class in Hampden, Baltimore Chapter 12 Entering the Agora: Archaeology, Conservation, and Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon Chapter 13 Collaborative Encounters

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