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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449967103321

Autore

Smith Laurajane

Titolo

Archaeological theory and the politics of cultural heritage / / Laurajane Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-36796-1

1-280-06233-9

0-203-30799-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

930.1

Soggetti

Archaeology and state

Archaeology - Political aspects

Aboriginal Australians - Antiquities

Indians of North America - Antiquities

Electronic books.

Australia Cultural policy

United States Cultural policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-250) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The cultural politics of identity defining the problem; 3 Archaeological theory and the  politics of the past; 4 Archaeology and the context of governance: expertise and the state; 5 Archaeological stewardship: the rise of cultural resource management and the 'scientific professsional' archaeologist; 6 Significance concepts and the embedding of processual discourse in cultural resource management; 7 The role of legislation in the governance of material culture in America and Australia

8 NAGPRA and Kennewick: contesting archaeological governance in America9 The 'death of archaeology': contesting archaeological governance in Australia; 10 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This is a much-needed survey of how relationships between indigenous peoples and the archaeological establishment have got into difficulties,



and a pointer towards how things could move forward.