Archaeology and Development [and Comments and Reply]

Miller, Daniel; Adams, E. Charles; Derricourt, Robin; Egloff, Brian; Green, R. C.; Gumerman, George J.; Haglund, Laila; Heath, Dwight B.; Jacobson, Leon O.; Janes, Robert R.; Kenworthy, J. B.; McGhee, Robert; Nickerson, Gifford S.; Odak, Osaga; Plumet, Patrick; Pomerantz, Howard; Raab, L. Mark; Riley, Thomas J.; Ward, Graeme

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“…Some archaeologists have been able to successfully create truly collaborative community-based projects in which both scientific and Indigenous interests are addressed (Greer et al 2002;Marshall 2002;Samuels and Daugherty 1991;Spector 1993). Other archaeologists propose that we use our research to directly confront racism by changing national discourse, challenging embedded notions of cultural or racial inferiority, and modifying school curricula (Miller 1980;Sanchez 2012). These are all important and oftenoverlooked responsibilities and privileges of our discipline.…”

Section: A Brief Summary Of Development Theory In Archaeologymentioning

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Community Development and Collaboration at Salinas de Los Nueve Cerros, Guatemala

Woodfill¹

2013

Adv. archaeol. pract.

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Since its founding in 2009 at the behest of local leaders, Proyecto Salinas de los Nueve Cerros has had the dual goals of scientific research and community development. Due to the regional political landscape, the initial goal of community-run ecotourism had to be abandoned. In its stead, the project has been seeking high-impact, low-cost development initiatives in collaboration with local villagers. The initiatives have had mixed levels of success, with best results in providing resources for multi-family wells and in organizing an ongoing lecture and workshop series detailing the results of the archaeological project. Through trial and error, project members have learned multiple lessons that can help other similar projects in the future. (1) Community investment in the project is essential, (2) as is the presence of a development specialist who can lead the efforts, leaving archaeologists to do archaeology. (3) Both the project and the local residents must have realistic expectations regarding the time the initiatives take and how ambitious they can be. (4) All of the initiatives must be informed by problems the locals themselves identify, and (5) it is possible to positively impact the region.

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Section: A Brief Summary Of Development Theory In Archaeologymentioning

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Community Development and Collaboration at Salinas de Los Nueve Cerros, Guatemala

Woodfill¹

2013

Adv. archaeol. pract.

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“…We are increasingly aware that we are butone of a number of parties (whose numbers 7This is obviously not the first time that archaeologists have.been involved in controversies over the political uses of the past, the "Mound Builders Controversy" (Silverberg 1974) being a noted example. There are many others (see Silberman 1990aSilberman , 1990bFowler 1987;Messenger 1989· McBryde 1985Layton 198~a, 1989b;Miller 1980;and Lewis 1975, among others, for additional examples). and interests change through time) who are concerned with the past.…”

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Something Rich and Strange": Reburial in New York City

Cantwell¹

1993

NEHA

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Cover Page FootnoteAs always I am grateful to Bert Salwen, dear and sorely missed friend and teacher for 25 years. This paper on the continuing bond between the living and the dead is dedicated to him. I became interested in the "reburial issue" after he described a reburial ceremony at which he had been present. As an anthropologist, he was always well aware of the interplay between archaeology and the rest of society. I could not have written this paper without the generosity of many who gave advice, or who shared information and research results as well as

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“…As anthropologists we cannot continue to perpetuate Western paradigms that militate against local historical sensibilities. This is particularly true of the practice of archaeology in the Third World (Miller 1980); it is even more poignantly relevant in Africa because of the colonial history of the West on that continent.…”

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“…Historical information that survives the initial witnesses to become part of an oral tradition that extends through genera-tions has continuing social and cultural significance to the group that preserves it. It is instructive to observe that one response to Miller's (1980) recent call for research germane to local interests was by members of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique. They argued vigorously that a truly African archaeology must incorporate oral traditions into any research program in later prehistory (Morais et al 1980:715-716).…”

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An Alternative to a Strictly Materialist Perspective: A Review of Historical Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, and Symbolic Approaches in African Archaeology

Schmidt

1983

Am. antiq.

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Archaeology and Development [and Comments and Reply]

Cited by 23 publications

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Community Development and Collaboration at Salinas de Los Nueve Cerros, Guatemala

Community Development and Collaboration at Salinas de Los Nueve Cerros, Guatemala

Something Rich and Strange": Reburial in New York City

An Alternative to a Strictly Materialist Perspective: A Review of Historical Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, and Symbolic Approaches in African Archaeology

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