Indigenous peoples and archaeology in Latin America (Left Coast Press, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
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 cu
pt. 1. When material culture matters : the state, indigenous peoples, and archaeologists -- pt. 2. Indigenous archaeology, archaeology for indigenous peoples