Book chapter
From the Ground Up: The Effects of Consultation on Archaeological Methods
Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Native Peoples and Archaeology in the Northeastern United States, pp.281-294
University of Nebraska Press
2006
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/111819
Abstract
Since the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) in 1990, there have been many changes to the way archaeology is practiced in the United States. NAGPRA mandates consultations among anthropologists, museum curators, and Native groups and has thus led to fruitful collaboration that, in many cases, goes well beyond what is legislated. Many archaeologists have reported on the success of these collaborations, which have led to some much-needed adjustment in the types of evidence that archaeologists use in their understandings and interpretations of cultural continuity (eg, Echo-Hawk 2000), and their understanding of the connection between reconstructions of Native history and contemporary Native issues (see Swidler et al. 1997). Such collaborations offer archaeologists opportunities to address past wrongs with respect to the historical colonialism of the discipline. However, few archaeologists have discussed—at least in the published literature—how consultations and collaborations with Native groups have affected what are often seen as standard," scientific" archaeological methods: excavation, sampling, analysis, and curation techniques (although see Herbster and Cherau, this volume).
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- Title
- From the Ground Up: The Effects of Consultation on Archaeological Methods
- Creators
- Elizabeth Chilton (Author) - Washington State University, Office of the Provost
- Publication Details
- Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Native Peoples and Archaeology in the Northeastern United States, pp.281-294
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Identifiers
- 99900586060301842
- Resource Type
- Book chapter