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Archaeology and Colonialism

Archaeology and Colonialism
Cultural Contact from 5000 BC to the Present

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Part of Topics in Contemporary Archaeology

  • Date Published: May 2004
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521787956

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  • Ranging from the Uruk cities of early Mesopotamia, through the empires of the Romans and the Aztecs, to the colonies of modern European states, Chris Gosden presents a comparative survey of 7,000 years of colonialism. (Archaeology is the only discipline that permits such a long-term view across all forms of colonialism.) Gosden argues that modern colonialism, by giving rise to settler societies, is historically unusual and represents an important area for the long-term study of power and material culture.

    • Covers 5000 years of human history
    • An ideal introduction to the major theories of colonialism
    • First book to present a comparative survey of the colonial systems of Mesopotamia, Rome, the Aztecs and modern European colonies
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    'Archaeology and Colonialism is a highly readable reassessment of colonialism … Archaeology and Colonialism is an enjoyable and useful book. Through its concentration on power relations manifest in material culture, it offers a new and stimulating way to approach cultural contact.' Stephanie Wynne-Jones, University of Cambridge

    ' … a brave and interesting attempt at a new synthesis …' Ancient West & East

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    • Date Published: May 2004
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521787956
    • length: 204 pages
    • dimensions: 229 x 152 x 12 mm
    • weight: 0.31kg
    • contains: 22 b/w illus. 5 tables
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    1. Introduction
    2. Other approaches to colonialism
    3. A model of colonialism
    4. Colonialism within a shared cultural milieu
    5. The middle ground
    6. Terra nullius
    7. Power.

  • Author

    Chris Gosden, University of Oxford
    Chris Gosden is Lecturer and Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.

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