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List of contents
Foreword
Lynette Russell
Introduction
Charlotta Hillerdal, Anna Karlström and Carl-Gösta Ojala
Part I – Politics of Indigeneity
1. Collective Rights and the Construction of Heritage
Ronald Niezen
2. Naming the Indigenous
Nick Shepherd
3. Stakeholder in Practice: “Us”, “Them” and the Problem of Expertise
Trinidad Rico
4. Extractive Industries, Corporate Discourse and Indigenous Heritage
Melissa F. Baird
5. Integrating the Past in the Present: Archaeology as Part of Living Yup’ik Heritage
Charlotta Hillerdal
6. Us and Whom? Representations of Indigenousness in the Archaeological Site of Avdat, Israel
Menachem Shiff
7. The Archaeological Construction of Aboriginality: The Inuit Case
Robert McGhee
Part II – Spaces Between “Us” and “Them”
8. Envisioning a Different Notion of “Indigenous Archaeology” From the Perspective of Sub-Saharan Africa
Paul J. Lane
9. Who is Indigenous? Migration Theories and Notions of Indigeneity in Southern African Archaeology
Edward Matenga
10. Reading Indigeneity Without Race: Colour, Representation and Uncertainty in Photographic Evidence
Celmara Pocock
11. How History Controls the Past: “Discovering” the Unconventional and Underground History of Setauket, New York’s Native and African American Community
Christopher N. Matthews
12. Bronze Drums and the Contestations of Indigenous Heritage in Laos
Anna Karlström
13. Indigeneity, Knowledge and Archaeology on Both Sides of the Mirror
Alejandro F. Haber
Part III – Indigeneity and Heritage
14. Culture, Rights, Indigeneity and Intervention: Addressing Inequality in Indigenous Heritage Protection and Control
George P. Nicholas
15. Archaeological Heritage and
About the author
Charlotta Hillerdal is Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
Anna Karlström is Lecturer and Researcher in Heritage Studies at the Department of Art History, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Carl-Gösta Ojala is a Researcher in Archaeology at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Summary
Archaeologies of “Us” and “Them” explores the concept of indigeneity within the field of archaeology and heritage and in particular examines the shifts in power that occur when ‘we’ define ‘the other’ by categorizing ‘them’ as indigenous. Recognizing the complex and shifting distinctions between indigenous and non-indigenous pasts and p
