Archaeology and Colonialism

Archaeology and Colonialism - Topics in Contemporary Archaeology

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Publisher's Synopsis

Archaeology is the only discipline that allows us to take a long-term view across all forms of colonialism, from the Uruk cities of early Mesopotamia, through the empires of the Romans and the Aztecs, to the colonies of modern European states. In this innovative study, Chris Gosden presents a comparative survey of 5000 years of colonialism. Defining colonialism as, crucially, a relationship with material culture, destabilising of older values, changing both incomers and natives, Gosden attempts to understand the history of power, how it is exercised through material culture and how this understanding can generate new notions of interaction and encounter. By defining colonialism through its relationship with material culture, Gosden argues that modern colonialism, giving rise to settler societies, is historically unusual. Synthesising theoretical approaches and evidence from a broad span of colonial regions, this book provides an important new field of enquiry connecting historic and prehistoric archaeology.

Book information

ISBN: 9780521782647
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 325.309
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 186
Weight: 444g
Height: 235mm
Width: 151mm
Spine width: 18mm