Indigenous peoples and archaeology in Latin America /

Indigenous peoples and archaeology in Latin America /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (365 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Archaeology and indigenous peoples series Archaeology and indigenous peoples series.
Subject:	Indians -- Antiquities. Indigenous peoples -- Latin America -- Antiquities. Archaeology -- Government policy -- Latin America. Cultural property -- Latin America. Nationalism and collective memory -- Latin America. Antiquities. Archaeology -- Government policy. Cultural property. Indians -- Antiquities. Nationalism and collective memory. Latin America -- Antiquities. Latin America. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11120795

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Other authors / contributors:	Gnecco, Cristóbal. Ayala Rocabado, Patricia.
ISBN:	9781611320176 1611320178 9781611320152 1611320151
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Indigenous peoples and archaeology in Latin America. Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2011 9781611320152

Table of Contents:

pt. 1. When material culture matters : the state, indigenous peoples, and archaeologists
pt. 2. Indigenous archaeology, archaeology for indigenous peoples.