This chapter addresses the foundational role of colonialism in historical archaeology. It
traces the ways that colonialism has structured research and terminology, the manner in …

What has frequently been termed “contact-period “archaeology has assumed a prominent
role in North American archaeology in the last two decades. This article examines the …

Over the past 25 years the practice of archaeology has been transformed by a broader and
deeper engagement with indigenous peoples around the world. Although there are real …

The archaeological study of Native Americans during colonial periods in North America has
centered largely on assessing the nature of cultural change and continuity through material …

Maritime and coastal cultural landscape, encompassing land and sea, and underwater is an
important part of our cultural resources in the coastal areas. Although, integrated coastal …

This volume is the first text to focus specifically on the archaeology of domestic architecture.
Covering major theoretical and methodological developments over recent decades in areas …

This article reconsiders how archaeologists find Indigenous people, particularly Native
Americans, in past colonial communities. Significant progress has been made in studying …

Many archaeologists have used world-systems analysis in precapitalist settings. Some have
criticized it; others have dismissed it out of hand. Critiques include that it was developed for …

This volume provides an important new synthesis of archaeological work carried out in
Australia on the post-contact period. It draws on dozens of case studies from a wide …

The current epoch of “globalization,” in which European-American political and economic
forms are exported and used to dominate other areas of the world, is not a new …