ISBN:
0-85255-980-1
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978-0-85255-980-2
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1-930618-43-3
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978-1-930618-43-5
,
1-930618-44-1
,
978-1-930618-44-2
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 445 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
Edition:
First edition
Series Statement:
School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series [67]
Keywords:
Kolonisierung Kolonialismus
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Archäologie
;
Akkulturation
;
Geschichte
;
Sozialer Aspekt
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Ethnoarchäologie
;
Kolonie
Abstract:
Colonialism and its legacies have emerged as one of the most important research topics in anthropology. Indeed, we now understand that colonialism gave rise to and shaped the discipline. However, the understanding of colonization in anthropology, history, and other fields derives largely from studies of European expansion. In this volume, ten archaeologists analyze the assumptions that have constrained previous studies of colonialism and demonstrate that colonization was common in early Old and New World state societies—an important strategy by which people gained access to critical resources. [...] (Umschlagtext)
Description / Table of Contents:
List of figures -- List of tables -- 1. Introduction: The Comparative Archaeology of Colonial Encounters, Gil J. Stein -- 2. The Archaeology of Colonization and the Colonization of Archaeology: Theoretical Challenges from an Ancient Mediterranean Colonial Encounter, Michael Dietler --3. Spanish Colonialism and Processes of Social Change in Mesoamerica, Janine Gasco -- 4. Colonial Interactions and Hybrid Practices: Phoenician and Carthaginian Settlement in the Ancient Mediterranean, Peter van Dommelen -- 5. The Political Economy of Mesopotamian Colonial Encounters, Gil J. Stein -- 6. A Zapotec Diaspora Network in Classic-Period Central Mexico, Michael W. Spence -- 7. The Archaeology of Colonization: California in Cross-Cultural Perspective, Kent G. Lightfoot -- 8. Imperial Agendas and Local Agency: Wari Colonial Strategies, Katharina Schreiber -- 9. Remaking the Social Landscape: Colonization in the Inka Empire, Terence N. D`Altroy -- 10. Roman Colonies in the Eastern Empire: A Tale of Four Cities, Susan E. Alcock -- 11. Archaeology and the Interpretation of Colonial Encounters, J. Daniel Rogers -- References -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 355-434"School of American Research advanced seminar The Archaeology of Colonialization in Cross-Cultural Perspective, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 19-23, 2000" (letzte Seite)Enthält 11 Beiträge
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