The death of prehistory /

This volume provides examples of how the concept of prehistory has diminished histories of other cultures outside the West and how archaeologists can reclaim more inclusive histories set within the idiom of deep histories - accepting ancient pre-literate histories as an integral part of the flow of...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Society for Historical Archaeology. Annual Meeting
Other Authors:	Schmidt, Peter R. (Peter Ridgway), 1942- (Editor), Mrozowski, Stephen A. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Archaeology and history > Developing countries. Archaeology > Philosophy > History. Ethnohistory. Ethnoarchaeology. Imperialism > Social aspects. Indigenous peoples > Historiography. Prehistoric peoples. Antiquities, Prehistoric. Ethnohistoire. Ethnoarchéologie. Impérialisme > Aspect social. ethnohistory. ethnoarchaeology. Museum Studies. ART. Ancient. HISTORY. Archaeology. SOCIAL SCIENCE. Antiquities, Prehistoric Archaeology and history Archaeology > Philosophy Ethnoarchaeology Ethnohistory Imperialism > Social aspects Indigenous peoples > Historiography Prehistoric peoples Developing countries History. Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

The death of prehistory : reforming the past, looking to the future / Peter R. Schmidt and Stephen A. Mrozowski
'Prehistory's' history / Alice Beck Kehoe
Presencing the past : implications for bridging the history/prehistory divide / Paul Lane
Routes to history : archaeology and being articulate in eastern Africa / Jonathan R. Walz
Historical archaeology, colonial entanglements, and recuperating 'timeless' histories through structuralism / Peter R. Schmidt
Swahili historical chronicles from an archaeological perspective : bridging history, archaeology, coast, and hinterland in southern Tanzania / Matthew Pawlowicz and Adria LaViolette
Creating prehistory and protohistory : constructing otherness and politics of contemporary indigenous populations in India / Uzma Z. Rizvi
History interrupted: doing 'historical archaeology' in Central America / Rosemary A. Joyce and Russell N. Sheptak
Rethinking the archaeology of human/environmental interactions in deep time history / Kent G. Lightfoot
Sites in history, history in sites : archaeology, historical anthropology and indigenous knowledge in the Chesapeake / Jeffrey L. Hantman
The tyranny of prehistory and the search for a deeper history / Stephen A. Mrozowski
Cultural practice and authenticity : the search for real Indians in New England in the 'historical' period / D. Rae Gould
Sacred mesas : Pueblo time, space, and history in the aftermath of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 / Joseph R. Aguilar and Robert W. Preucel
Conclusion : Reflections on reforming the past, looking to the future / Stephen A. Mrozowski and Peter R. Schmidt
Appendix: The chronicles of Mikindani, Sudi, and Lindi.