Theoretical Perspectives on Labor and Colonialism: Reconsidering the California Missions

Silliman, Stephen W.

doi:10.1006/jaar.2001.0383

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“…Deagan 1990;Graham 1998;Lycett 2004;Silliman 2001;Voss 2000), Aboriginal missions and reserves have as yet received little attention from Australasian archaeologists. We suggest that this lack may be understood first, in the general context of a heritage regime that remains segregated, as Aboriginal historic sites continue to be overlooked as neither authentically Aboriginal nor properly white settler places-as Swain and Rose pointed out 20 years ago.…”

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The Archaeology of Missions in Australasia: Introduction

Lydon

Ash

2010

Int J Histor Archaeol

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Missions have long been recognized as spaces of colonial contact and cultural exchange, and they are significant places in Indigenous landscapes today. However, archaeologists have only recently begun to explore such places across Australasia. This collection canvasses a range of approaches to this dynamic field.Keywords Missions . Australasia . Colonialism . ExchangeMissions have long been recognized as spaces of colonial contact and cultural exchange, and they are significant places in Indigenous landscapes today. However, archaeologists in Australasia have been slow to explore these important sites. This special issue addresses the archaeology of Indigenous missions in Australasia, and canvasses new archaeological approaches that have begun to emerge in Australasia, toward understanding the role of missions and reserves within colonialism. The collection has its origin in a session from 'New Ground'; a conference of the major Australian archaeological associations held in Sydney 2007, and has been supplemented by three solicited papers (see Birmingham and Wilson, Ireland, and Smith). We believe that the research represented here is relevant to debates about colonialism and archaeology and deserves a wider audience.Missions are key places in the history of the "colonial encounter" in many settlersocieties. From the earliest decades of invasion, colonists sought to confine Indigenous peoples within defined and secluded bounds. Although this process of segregation varied across colonies and time period, it became a central element in antipodean Aboriginal policy. Missions as archaeological sites are particularly revealing of the dynamics of power relations, and the role of space in controlling and Int

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Section: Archaeology Of Australasian Missionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

The Archaeology of Missions in Australasia: Introduction

Lydon

Ash

2010

Int J Histor Archaeol

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“…In many colonial total institutions, such as Australian missions (Lydon and Ash 2010;Sutton 2003); Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding schools in the United States (Lindauer 1997(Lindauer , 2009), or California missions and adobes (Lightfoot 2005;Silliman 2001), indigenous agency was suppressed, and is often revealed archaeologically in covert forms, resistant acts that took place away from the surveillance of institutional staff. In Kalawao, indigenous agency can be seen in the form of the institutional settlement pattern.…”

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An Institution that was a Village: Archaeology and Social Life in the Hansen’s Disease Settlement at Kalawao, Moloka‘i, Hawaii

Flexner

2012

Int J Histor Archaeol

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Archaeological research in the Hansen's disease settlement at Kalawao, Moloka'i, Hawaii, has revealed evidence that challenges patterns expected from theoretical and archaeological research on total institutions. While written documents provide evidence for a community with many of the classic elements of places of social control, archaeological remains fit better with models of post-contact Hawaiian village life. This apparent contradiction is revealing for the power dynamics produced in the social life of modern leprosaria, medical institutions created in situations of long-term colonial entanglement.

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“…The northern California Miwok dealt with another level of colonial transformations, working as field hands, cowboys, artisans, cooks, and servants on bustling livestock, agricultural, and manufacturing operations in Mexican California (Silliman 2001(Silliman , 2004. Many other examples demonstrate the perseverance of ''precontact'' ways of life in California (Allen 1998;Arkush 2011;Gamble and Zepeda 2003;Hull 2009, pp.…”

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“…They are laboratories for social or technical or ''sociotechnical'' archaeological questions (Hardesty 2003(Hardesty , 2010(Hardesty , 2011a. They also have provided springboards for studying archaeologies of labor (see also Camp 2011b;Silliman 2001Silliman , 2006Wolf 1982, p. 75) and collective action such as the prolific research emerging from the archaeological sites at Colorado's Berwind coal camp and Ludlow tent colony, both of which were related to the infamous 1913-1914 labor strike in southern Colorado coal fields (Ludlow Collective 2001;McGuire 2008;McGuire and Reckner 2002;Saitta 2007a, b;Walker 2003;Walker and Saitta 2002;Wood 2004). …”

Section: Industrial Capitalism: An Intersection Of Transportation Exmentioning

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Historical Archaeologies of the American West

Dixon

2014

J Archaeol Res

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Historical archaeology in western North America includes a vast collection of research that underscores the region's dynamic cultural heritage. Here, I review a sample of the literature related to this research and organize them into four conceptual themes: colonialism and postcolonialism, landscape transformation, migration and diaspora, and industrial capitalism. I conclude that the future of historical archaeology in the West will be grounded in research that integrates these themes. As the region continues to experience human dilemmas related to issues such as balancing resource extraction with sustainable conservation and lingering issues of colonialism, these archaeologies have value for transcending the natureculture divide and for understanding the ways in which humanity can navigate pressing issues relevant to our modern world, including vulnerability, risks, adaptation, resilience, and sustainability.

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Theoretical Perspectives on Labor and Colonialism: Reconsidering the California Missions

Cited by 54 publications

References 35 publications

The Archaeology of Missions in Australasia: Introduction

The Archaeology of Missions in Australasia: Introduction

An Institution that was a Village: Archaeology and Social Life in the Hansen’s Disease Settlement at Kalawao, Moloka‘i, Hawaii

Historical Archaeologies of the American West

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