Overview
- 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 domininant culture
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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At the end of the 20th Century, archaeologists from non-Anglo-American countries started to become vocal about the “traditional” interpretations of history that 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 implications of providing alternative interpretations of the past. These cases also address key questions such as: Can multivocality (multiple interpretations of the past) be separate from the theory of contemporary Anglo-American archaeology; is multivocality relevant to local residents and non-Anglo-American archaeologists; and can the close examination of alternative interpretations contribute to a deeper understanding of subjectivity and objectivity of archaeological interpretation?
The contributors are at the forefront of archaeological theory research and the commentators are eminent archaeological theoreticians. This volume will also contribute to the debate about the social and political implications of archaeological practice.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Operationalizing Multivocality
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Evaluating Multiple Narratives in Various Regional and Historical Settings
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Back Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Evaluating Multiple Narratives
Book Subtitle: Beyond Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist Archaeologies
Editors: Junko Habu, Clare Fawcett, John M. Matsunaga
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71825-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-71824-8Published: 12 October 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-76459-7Published: 18 July 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-71825-5Published: 14 October 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 218
Topics: Archaeology, History, general, Anthropology