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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807667703321

Titolo

Archaeologies of placemaking : monuments, memories, and engagement in native North America / / edited by Patricia E. Rubertone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Walnut Creek, Calif., : Left Coast Press, c2008

ISBN

1-315-43427-X

1-315-43428-8

1-315-43429-6

1-59874-781-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

One world archaeology series ; ; 59

Altri autori (Persone)

RubertonePatricia E

Disciplina

970.01

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Antiquities

Cultural property - United States

Cultural property - Protection - United States

Collective memory - United States

Landscape archaeology - United States

United States Antiquities Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers originally presented at a session on "Monuments, Landscapes, and Cultural Memories" at the 5th World Archaeological Congress in  Washington, D.C. in 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Engaging monuments, memories, and archaeology / Patricia E. Rubertone -- Paleo is not our word : protecting and growing a Mi'kmaw place / Donald M. Julien, Tim Bernard, and Leah Morine Rosenmeier -- Always multivocal and multivalent : conceptualizing archaeological landscapes in Arizona's San Pedro Valley / Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, T.J. Ferguson, and Roger Anyon -- Placemaking on the northern Rio Grande : a view from Kuaua Pueblo / Robert W. Preucel and Frank G. Matero -- Multiple places, histories, and memories at a frontier icon in Apache country / John R. Welch -- Claiming an "unpossessed country" : monuments to ownership and land loss in Death Valley / Paul J. White -- Landscapes of memory in Wampanoag country, and the monuments upon them / Russell G. Handsman -- Memorializing the Narragansett : placemaking and memory keeping in the aftermath of detribalization /



Patricia E. Rubertone -- Jamestown's 400th anniversary : old themes, new words, new meanings for Virginia Indians / Jeffrey L. Hantman.

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of original essays explores the tensions between prevailing regional and national versions of Indigenous pasts created, reified, and disseminated through monuments, and Indigenous peoples' memories and experiences of place. The contributors ask critical questions about historic preservation and commemoration methods used by modern societies and their impact on the perception and identity of the people they supposedly remember, who are generally not consulted in the commemoration process. They discuss dichotomies of history and memory, place and displacement, public spectac