This Perspective presents an overview of the archaeology of pluralistic colonies (approximately late 1500s-1800s) in North America. It complements the other special feature papers in this issue on ancient societies in Mesoamerica, the Near East, the Armenian Highlands, Peru, and China by presenting another body of literature for examining the dynamics of change in multiethnic societies from a different time and place. In synthesizing archaeological investigations of mercantile, plantation, and missionary colonies, this Perspective shows how this research is relevant to the study of pluralism in both historic and ancient societies in three ways. (i) It enhances our understanding of interethnic relationships that took place in complex societi...
This article reconsiders how archaeologists find Indigenous people, particularly Native Americans, i...
In recent years, archaeological studies of long-term change and transformation in the human past hav...
This article seeks to define common ground from which to build a more integrated approach to the per...
After briefly examining the forms of cultural contact in pre- and protohistoric societies in relatio...
Rethinking Colonial Pasts through Archaeology explores the archaeologies of daily living left by the...
Archaeologists have long recognized the crucial role of interregional interaction in the development...
The study of culture contact and colonialism holds a unique place in North American archaeology. His...
This paper recognizes two problems in recent studies involving technological analyses and contact pe...
In recent years, archaeologists have used the term hybridity with increasing frequency to describe a...
The Brothertown Indian community formed in the late 18th century when segments of several tribal gro...
The Brothertown Indian community formed in the late 18th century when segments of several tribal gro...
The Spanish Empire was a complex web of places and peoples. Through an expansive range of essays tha...
Mesoamerican archaeological research has made recent inroads toward an understanding of the cultural...
What has frequently been termed contact-period archaeology has assumed a prominent role in North A...
This article reconsiders how archaeologists find Indigenous people, particularly Native Americans, i...
This article reconsiders how archaeologists find Indigenous people, particularly Native Americans, i...
In recent years, archaeological studies of long-term change and transformation in the human past hav...
This article seeks to define common ground from which to build a more integrated approach to the per...
After briefly examining the forms of cultural contact in pre- and protohistoric societies in relatio...
Rethinking Colonial Pasts through Archaeology explores the archaeologies of daily living left by the...
Archaeologists have long recognized the crucial role of interregional interaction in the development...
The study of culture contact and colonialism holds a unique place in North American archaeology. His...
This paper recognizes two problems in recent studies involving technological analyses and contact pe...
In recent years, archaeologists have used the term hybridity with increasing frequency to describe a...
The Brothertown Indian community formed in the late 18th century when segments of several tribal gro...
The Brothertown Indian community formed in the late 18th century when segments of several tribal gro...
The Spanish Empire was a complex web of places and peoples. Through an expansive range of essays tha...
Mesoamerican archaeological research has made recent inroads toward an understanding of the cultural...
What has frequently been termed contact-period archaeology has assumed a prominent role in North A...
This article reconsiders how archaeologists find Indigenous people, particularly Native Americans, i...
This article reconsiders how archaeologists find Indigenous people, particularly Native Americans, i...
In recent years, archaeological studies of long-term change and transformation in the human past hav...
This article seeks to define common ground from which to build a more integrated approach to the per...