Evaluating multiple narratives: beyond nationalist, colonialist, imperialist archaeologies

At the end of the 20th Century, archaeologists from non-Anglo-American countries started to become vocal about the ‘traditional’ interpretations of historythat archaeology was making. The ‘traditional’ archaeology came from the predominantly white, male archaeologists from England and the United States going to other countries and interpreting the material culture from their point of view. This, of course, is still happening but is becoming less acceptable nor accepted by the global world of archaeology. The goal of this volume is to use archaeological case studies from around the world to evaluate the implicationsof providing alternative interpretations of the past. Presents case studies of previously under-research groups throughout the world Combines archaeological theory with practical, real-world examples Gives a voice to minority groups,whose stories were previously only told by their colonizers or the domininantculture INDICE: From the contents Part I. Operationalizing Multivocality. Introduction. An Ethical Epistemology of Publicly Engaged Biocultural Research: Archaeology of the New York African Burial Ground. Multiple Voices for Many Ears in Indigenous Archaeological Practice. ‘Making a Home’: Archaeologies of the Medieval English Village. Critical Histories of Archaeological Practice: Latin American and North American Interpretations in a Honduran Context.- Part II. Evaluating Multiple Narratives In Various Regional And Historical Settings. Introduction. Science or Narrative? Multiple interpretations of the Sannai Maruyama site, Japan. Divided We Stand: Archaeology in Korea after the Korean War. Multiscalar Approaches to Multivocality: A Case Study from Serbia. Virtual Viewpoints: Marketing the Past in a Globalized World.- Part III. Providing Alternative Interpretations. Introduction. Alternative States. Disentangling Irish, English and Scandinavian Contributions in the Archaeology of Viking Dublin.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-76459-7
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 228
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés