Conservation, Identity, Ownership in Indigenous Archeology

‘The diverse examples and opinions expressed in this volume provide a timely reconsideration of how the on-going debate about indigenous peoples rights are transforming archaeology, heritage management, conservation, and museum practice across the world’ Peter Ucko, Director, Institute of Archaeology, UCL, UK

This special issue of Public Archaeology explores indigenous involvement in archaeology and the wide range of areas where archaeological activities have implications for indigenous concerns.

Representing one of the most dynamic aspects of public archaeology, linking legal rights, ethics, people and places, this publication addresses key concepts in the ongoing debate over access, classification and use of ancient materials. This publication includes contributions from a global mix of expert authors, combining archaeologists and anthropologists with researchers and representatives of indigenous cultures. Selected contributions stem from research seminars which took place near the end of the United Nations Decade for Indigenous People (1995-2004). It is an invaluable research text for professional archaeologists, anthropologists and students in these fields, those working in heritage museums and the indigenous rights community, including legal consultants and related NGOs.

Contents

• Who’s Indigenous? Whose archaeology? 
• Ainu People of Japan 
• Archaeology & Indigenous People in Siberia 
• The Use of Archaeological & Anthropological Evidence in Aboriginal Rights Cases 
• Social Scientists & Native Title Cases in Australia 
• Indigenous Peoples Rights to their Cultural Heritage 
• Strands of Indigenism in the Andes 
• Museums & Communities in Africa 
• Archaeologists, Indigenous Peoples & Heritage in Argentina 
• Representation & the Kogi 
• Social Images Through Visual Images 
• The Magüta Museum for the Ticuna People, Amazonas, Brazil 
• Artefacts, Archaeologists & American Indians 
• Honour they Ancestor’s Possessions 
• Indigenous Claims & Heritage Conservation 
• Applied Archaeology