Archaeology and the Postcolonial Critique

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Intersections of Archaeology and Postcolonial Studies
Chapter 2. A Brief History of Postcolonial Theory and Implications for Archaeology
Chapter 3. Heterogeneous Encounters: Colonial Histories and Archaeological Experiences
Chapter 4. Towards the Liberation of Archaeological Praxis in a "Postcolonial Colony:" The Case of Puerto Rico
Chapter 5. Postcolonial Cultural Affiliation: Essentialism, Hybridity, and NAGPRA
Chapter 6. Notions of Cultural Continuity and Disjunction in Maya Social Movements and Maya Archaeology
Chapter 7. Decolonizing Methodologies as Strategies of Practice: Operationalizing the Postcolonial Critique in the Archaeology of Rajasthan
Chapter 8. Indigenous and Postcolonial Archaeologies
Chapter 9. Archaeology, the World Bank, and Postcolonial Politics
Chapter 10. Disinheriting Heritage: Explorations in the Contentious History of Archaeology in the Middle East
Chapter 11. Situating World Heritage Sites in a Multicultural Society: The Ideology of Presentation at the Sacred City of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Chapter 12. Conclusion: Archaeological Futures and the Postcolonial Critique

Archaeology and the Postcolonial Critique, edited by Matthew Liebmann and Uzma Rizvi, is the most important theoretical treatment of postcolonial thought to arrive on the archaeological scene since the postcolonial critique gained multidisciplinary popularity during the 1980's.... ARchaeology and the Postcolonial Critique is one of those rare, measured volumes tht comes along every decade or so to lead us to new theoretical pathways. It is well reasoned, balanced, and above all pragmatic in its grounding of theory in marvelous case studies that make vibrant the importance of postcolonial thinking in decolonizing archaeology, wherever it is practiced across the globe.