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Title Indigenous peoples and archaeology in Latin America / editors, Cristóbal Gnecco, Patricia Ayala.

Publication Info. Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (365 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Series Archaeology and indigenous peoples series
Archaeology and indigenous peoples series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Contents pt. 1. When material culture matters : the state, indigenous peoples, and archaeologists -- pt. 2. Indigenous archaeology, archaeology for indigenous peoples.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Indians -- Antiquities.
Indians -- Antiquities.
Indigenous peoples -- Latin America -- Antiquities.
Indigenous peoples.
Latin America.
Antiquities.
Archaeology -- Government policy -- Latin America.
Archaeology -- Government policy.
Archaeology.
Cultural property -- Latin America.
Cultural property.
Nationalism and collective memory -- Latin America.
Nationalism and collective memory.
Latin America -- Antiquities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Gnecco, Cristóbal.
Ayala Rocabado, Patricia.
Other Form: Print version: Indigenous peoples and archaeology in Latin America. Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2011 9781611320152 (DLC) 2011006966 (OCoLC)687675847
ISBN 9781611320176 (electronic book)
1611320178 (electronic book)
9781611320152 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1611320151 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)