Several decades of research into the archaeology of contact in North America have laid the
foundations for the global exploration of the archaeology of European colonization. It is
significant, however, that archaeologists, unlike historians and geographers, have yet to
develop a global account of contact and its consequences. This edited work presents case
studies from nations developed from British settlement so as to allow historical
archaeologists to examine differences and similarities between the histories of modern …

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CONTACT IN SETTLER SOCIETIES. Edited by Tim Murray.
Cambridge (UK) and New York: Cambridge University Press. 2004. xiii, 269 pp.(Tables,
maps, B & W photos, figures, graphs.) US $75.00, cloth, ISBN 0-521-79257-6; US $36.99,
paper, ISBN 0-521-79682-2.This edited volume contains a number of archaeological studies
of culture contact as viewed from a broad, global perspective, with a focus on European
colonialism. The concept of the" settler society," described in the first chapter, adds a fresh …