Indigenous Peoples and Archaeology in Latin America

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This book is the first to describe indigenous archaeology in Latin America for an English speaking audience. Eighteen chapters primarily by Latin American scholars describe relations between indigenous peoples and archaeology in the frame of national histories and examine the emergence of the native interest in their heritage. Relationships between archaeology and native communities are ambivalent: sometimes an escalating battleground, sometimes a promising site of intercultural encounters. The global trend of indigenous empowerment today has renewed interest in history, making it a tool of cultural meaning and political legitimacy. This book deals with the topic with a raw forthrightness not often demonstrated in writings about archaeology and indigenous peoples. Rather than being ‘politically correct,’ it attempts to transform rather than simply describe. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Illustrations Introduction: What Is to Be Done? Elements for a Discussion Entrance (Exit): Indigenous Archaeology and Peasant Power Part I: When Material Culture Matters: The State, Indigenous Peoples, and Archaeologists 1. Ruins and the State: Archaeology of a Mexican Symbiosis 2. Native Histories and Archaeologists 3. Indigenous Archaeology … in Peru? 4. Turning Tables in Search of Dialogue: The Making of Indiscrete Spaces in Latin American Contexts 5. The Indigenous Other in Atacameño Archaeology 6. Building Dialogues across Contradicting Interests in Northern Chile: An Experience and Some Preliminary Thoughts 7. Reflections on Chilean Legislation and the Indigenous Archaeological Heritage: An Archaeologist’s Viewpoint 8. Archaeology and Indigenous Communities: A Comparative Study of Argentinean and Brazilian Legislation 9. Indigenous Knowledge and Archaeological Science: The Challenges of Public Archaeology in the Área Indígena do Uaçá Part II: Indigenous Archaeology, Archaeology forIndigenous Peoples 10. Vindications of a Mesoamerican Marginal Group: The Otomíes from the Valley of the Mezquital 11. Indigenous Archaeologies or the Fight against the Third Transformation of Faust: Reflections from Colombian and Argentinean Communities 12. Archaeology and Identity: The Case of the Guambianos 13. Indigenous Representations of the Archaeological Record: Spectral Reflections of Postmodernity in Ecuador 14. Archaeological Ruins: Spaces of the Past, Expectations of the Future. Tourism and Heritage in Nor Lípez(Dpt. of Potosí, Bolivia) 15. The Message of the Kuviche in the Llew-Llew 16. Archaeology and Caboclo Populations in Amazonia: Regimes of Historical Transformation and the Dilemmas of Self-Representation 17. Archaeology and Paresi Cultural Heritage Exit (Entrance): Bolivian Archaeology: Another Link in the Chain of Coloniality? Appendix: Declaration of Río Cuarto Index About the Authors