A5089163202- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Archaeology and Natural History
- Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture
- Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- American History and Culture
- Latin American and Latino Studies
- Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Indigenous Cultures and History
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Canadian Identity and History
- Latin American history and culture
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Indian History and Philosophy
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- African history and culture analysis
University of Massachusetts Boston
2011-2024
Boston University
2024
Oregon State University
2005
University of California, Berkeley
2001
What has frequently been termed “contact-period“ archaeology assumed a prominent role in North American the last two decades. This article examines conceptual foundation of archaeological “culture contact” studies by sharpening terminological and interpretive distinction between “contact” “colonialism.” The conflation these terms, thereby realms historical experience, proven detrimental to archaeologists’ attempts understand indigenous colonial histories. In light this predicament, tackles...
The archaeological study of Native Americans during colonial periods in North America has centered largely on assessing the nature cultural change and continuity through material culture. Although a valuable approach, it been hindered by focusing too much dichotomies continuity, rather than their interrelationship, relying uncritical categories artifacts not recognizing role practice memory identity persistence. Ongoing research Eastern Pequot reservation Connecticut, which was created 1683...
Hybridity as an interpretive construct in the archaeology of colonialism has encountered many pitfalls, due largely to way it been set adrift from clear theoretical anchors and applied inconsistently things, practices, processes, even people. One telltale signs its problematic nature is ease with which archaeologists claim identify origin existence hybridity but difficulty faced if asked when how such actually ends, does. In that context, this paper offers a potential requiem for hybridity....
ABSTRACT In this article, I examine the role of “Indian Country” heritage metaphor in U.S. military activities Middle East from a critical anthropological perspective. Research has revealed proliferation such discourse among soldiers, strategists, reporters, and World Wide Web users to refer hostile, unsecured, dangerous territory Iraq Afghanistan. The salience symbol 21st‐century armed conflicts attests its staying power national narratives colonialism at home abroad. Summoning wars” 19th...
Native Americans who populated the various ranchos of Mexican California as laborers are people frequently lost to history. The rancho period was a critical time for Indians, many were drawn into labor pools flourishing following 1834 dismantlement mission system, but they practically absent from documentary record and popular histories. This study focuses on Rancho Petaluma north San Francisco Bay, large livestock, agricultural, manufacturing operation which several hundred perhaps two...
This article emerged as the human species collectively have been experiencing worst global pandemic in a century. With long view of ecological, economic, social, and political factors that promote emergence spread infectious disease, archaeologists are well positioned to examine antecedents present crisis. In this article, we bring together variety perspectives on issues surrounding emergence, spread, effects disease both Americas Afro-Eurasian contexts. Recognizing populations most severely...
O estudo arqueológico de povos nativos americanos durante os períodos coloniais na América do Norte tem se concentrado amplamente em avaliar a natureza da mudança e continuidade cultural por meio cultura material. Embora seja uma abordagem valiosa, ela suas limitações concentrar demais nas dicotomias continuidade, vez sua inter-relação, apoiando-se categorias culturais acríticas artefatos, não reconhecer o papel prática memória identidade persistência cultural. Pesquisa arqueológica...
Robert McGhee (2008) recently argued against the validity and viability of Indigenous archaeology based on claims that untenable “Aboriginalism” supports entire enterprise. However, he mischaracterizes simplifies archaeology, despite wealth literature suggesting such community approaches have had will continue to great value for method, theory, rigorous interpretation, political in archaeology.
Abstract In recent years, the archaeology of Native American sites in colonial contexts has increased our understanding how indigenous communities persisted challenging times. Greater attention to practices helps create a more enriched picture, especially when set context food and consumption. This article considers shellfish remains excavated from three households on Eastern Pequot reservation, located several kilometers Inland Connecticut coast southern New England, explore role that...
AbstractAbstractObsidian studies play an integral part in archaeology around the world, particularly Americas, but few archaeologists have employed obsidian to understand Native American life at historical archaeological sites. Yet, sourcing and hydration analysis can provide critical insights into site chronology use, lithic recycling, procurement trade contact colonial Obsidian geochemical analyses of a 19th-century rancho northern California revealed new information on Americans who...