Appropriated Pasts: Indigenous Peoples and the Colonial Culture of Archaeology

by Ian J. McNiven and Lynette Russell

Book Overview

: Archaeology has been complicit in the appropriation of indigenous peoples' pasts worldwide. While tales of blatant archaeological colonialism abound from the era of empire, the process also took more subtle and insidious forms. Ian McNiven and Lynette Russell outline archaeology's "colonial culture" and how it has shaped archaeological practice over the past century. Using examples from their native Australia-- and comparative material from North...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759109079
• ISBN13: 9780759109070
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 9.0"