The Archaeology of Contact in Settler Societies
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- Editor: Tim Murray, La Trobe University, Victoria
- Date Published: October 2004
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521796828
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An international team of experts examines the historical archaeology of contact and its aftermath by considering the consequences of colonialism in settler societies from the sixteenth century to the present. This work's unique global vision constitutes an innovative exploration of issues which are assuming major social and political importance in the postcolonial world.
Read more- Presents a new global approach to the study of contact archaeology
- Provides a wide-ranging examination of contact in British settler societies from sixteenth century to the present day
- Examines how the historical archaeology of indigenous people in settler societies is being written today
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"the individual chapters have plenty to offer for archaeologists and historians alike who are interested in colonialism, whether it is European or not." - Peter van Dommelen, University of Glasgow
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- Date Published: October 2004
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521796828
- length: 284 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 15 x 170 mm
- weight: 0.46kg
- contains: 30 b/w illus. 6 maps 9 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. The archaeology of contact in settler societies Tim Murray
Part I. Diverse Contacts and Consequences:
2. Beads, bodices and regimes of value: from France to North America, c.1500–c.1650 Laurier Turgeon
3. Ships for the taking: culture contact and the maritime fur trade on northwest coast of North America Steven Acheson and James P. Delgado
4. Culture contact view through ceramic petrography at the Pueblo mission of AbĂł, New Mexico Patricia Capone
5. The transformation of indigenous societies in the south western Cape during the rule of the Dutch East India Company, 1652–1795 Yvonne Brink
6. Contact archaeology and the landscapes of pastoralism in the north west of Australia Rodney Harrison
7. Tenacity of the traditional: the first hundred years of Maori-European settler contact on the Hauraki Plains, Aotearoa/New Zealand Stuart Bedford
Part II. Issues and Methods:
8. Fur trade archaeology in western Canada: who's digging up the forts? Olga Klimko
9. Contact archaeology and the writing of aboriginal history Christine Williamson
10. In the footsteps of George Dutton: developing a contact archaeology of temperate Aboriginal Australia Tim Murray.
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