1st Edition
Routledge Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous-Colonial Interaction in the Americas
The Routledge Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous-Colonial Interaction in the Americas brings together scholars from across the hemisphere to examine how archaeology can highlight the myriad ways that Indigenous people have negotiated colonial systems from the fifteenth century through to today.
The contributions offer a comprehensive look at where the archaeology of colonialism has been and where it is heading. Geographically diverse case studies highlight longstanding theoretical and methodological issues as well as emerging topics in the field. The organization of chapters by key issues and topics, rather than by geography, fosters exploration of the commonalities and contrasts between historical contingencies and scholarly interpretations. Throughout the volume, Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors grapple with the continued colonial nature of archaeology and highlight Native perspectives on the potential of using archaeology to remember and tell colonial histories.
This volume is the ideal starting point for students interested in how archaeology can illuminate Indigenous agency in colonial settings. Professionals, including academic and cultural resource management archaeologists, will find it a convenient reference for a range of topics related to the archaeology of colonialism in the Americas.
Part I: Methodological and Theoretical Foundations
1. Situating Archaeological Approaches to Indigenous-Colonial Interaction in the Americas: An Introduction
Sara L. Gonzalez and Lee M. Panich
2. Deep Histories and the Archaeology of Colonialism
Martin Gallivan
3. A Double Coloniality: The Modern/Colonial Underpinnings of Mission Archaeology in South America
Cristóbal Gnecco and Adriana Schmidt Dias
4. Colonialism and Indigenous Population Decline in the Americas
Matthew Liebmann
5. Climate and Colonialism in the Americas: Comparing Exemplary Cases
Dennis B. Blanton
6. Colonialism and Historical Ecology: Livestock Management as a Case Study in the American Southwest
Nicole M. Mathwich
7. Interpreting Documentary and Archaeological Evidence: Intercultural Interactions in Santafé de Bogotá (Colombia)
Monika Therrien
8. Theorizing Indigenous-Colonial Interactions in the Americas
Craig N. Cipolla
Part II: Core Issues and Topics
9. Pathways to Persistence: Divergent Native Engagements with Sustained Colonial Permutations in North America
Kent G. Lightfoot, Peter A. Nelson, Michael A. Grone, and Alec Apodaca
10. African-Indigenous Interactions in Colonial America: From Divisions to Dialogue
Terrance Weik
11. Indigenous Negotiations of Missionization and Religious Conversion
Charles R. Cobb
12. Labor and Natural Resource Extraction in Spanish Colonial Contexts
Mary Van Buren
13. Objects of Change? Revisiting Native Material Culture and Technological Traditions in the Post-1492 Americas
Lee M. Panich
14. The Archaeology of Conquest and Accommodation: A View from the Valley of Mexico
Patricia Fournier García
Part III: Archaeological Explorations of Native-Lived Colonialisms
15. Social Networks and Colonial Adaptation in the Caribbean
Jorge Ulloa Hung, Roberto Valcárcel Rojas, Andrzej Antczak, Marlieke Ernst, Menno L.P. Hoogland, and Corinne L. Hofman
16. Indigenous Persistence in the Face of Imperialism: Andean Case Studies
Di Hu and Kylie Quave
17. Reconceptualizing the Wichita Middle Ground in the Southern Plains
Sara Trabert and Brandi Bethke
18. Indios Bárbaros: Nomad-Spanish Interactions on the Northern Frontier of New Spain
Lindsay M. Montgomery
19. Indigenous Agency and Limits to the Colonial Order in South America
Silvana Buscaglia
20. Landscapes of Strategic Mobility in Central America: San Pedro Siris During the Caste War
Minette C. Church, Christine A. Kray, and Jason Yaeger
21. The Adorned Body in French Colonial Louisiana: Exploring Cosmopolitan Materialities of Bodily Objects
Diana DiPaolo Loren
22. "Politics of Regard" and the Meaning of Things: The Persistence of Ceramic and Agroforestry Practices by Women in São Paulo
Marianne Sallum and Francisco Silva Noelli
23. From Hybridity to Relationality: Shifting Perspectives on the Archaeology of Métis Emergence
Kisha Supernant
24. Battling the Alamo: Toward Preservation and Protection of Coahuiltecan Legacies and Camposantos
Alston V. Thoms, Ramon Juan Vasquez, and Art Martinez de Vara
25. Lived Heritage of Colonialism at Tahcabo, Yucatán, México
Patricia A. McAnany, Maia Dedrick, and Adolfo Iván Batún Alpuche
26. Monumentalizing Nipmuc Heritage and Emplacing Indigenous Presence
Heather Law Pezzarossi, Stephen A. Mrozowski, and D. Rae Gould
Part IV: Decolonial Futures
27. In Small Islands Forgotten: Lessons from Chamorro Lands
Sandra Montón-Subías
28. Unsettling the Archaeology of Reservations: A View from Grand Ronde, Oregon
Ian Kretzler and Sara L. Gonzalez
29. Survivance Storytelling in Archaeology
Nathan P. Acebo
30. The Hoofed Clan Story and Storywork: Red Lake Ojibwe Foodways and Indigenous Food Sovereignty
Ashleigh BigWolf Thompson and Tristan Reader
31. Indigenous Archaeological Approaches and the Refusal of Colonialism in Archaeology
Ora V. Marek-Martinez
32. The Limits of Repatriation’s Decolonizing Abilities
Dorothy Lippert
33. Changing Museum Narratives: A Conversation with Culture Curators at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Sven Haakanson, Holly Barker, and Sara L. Gonzalez
Biography
Lee M. Panich is an associate professor of anthropology at Santa Clara University. In his research, he employs a combination of archaeological, ethnographic, and archival data to examine the long-term entanglements between California’s Indigenous societies and colonial institutions, particularly the Spanish mission system.
Sara L. Gonzalez is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Washington and Curator of Archaeology the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. An anthropological archaeologist by training, she works at the intersection of Indigenous studies, tribal historic preservation, and public history.
"This collection of essays represents some of the most innovative, provocative, and insightful approaches to colonial studies in the past decade. Merging novel theoretical approaches from Indigenous archaeology, post-colonial and critical settler colonial studies, the authors represent much of what makes colonial archaeology the most innovative and exciting field in contemporary archaeology." Michael Wilcox, Stanford University, USA
