Collaboration in Archaeological Practice

Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh is Curator of Anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.T.J. Ferguson is adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona.

Colwell-Chanthaphonh and Ferguson have produced a provocative, insightful, and forward-looking book of international scope that has tremendous relevance for indigenous peoples and the archaeologists who work with and for them. In an era when archaeologists still struggle with the relevance of the past for the present, with making their work both responsive and responsible, this volume reveals just how important and successful that process can be. Its impact will be palpable, inspiring current and future researchers and community members to create mutually beneficial collaborative archaeologies.

• Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 The Collaborative ContinuumChapter 3 Navigating the Fluidity of Social Identity: Collaborative Research into Cultural Affiliation in the American SouthwestChapter 4 Unusual of "Extreme" Beliefs About the Past: Community Identity and Dealing with the FringeChapter 5 Things Are Not Always What They Seem: Indigenous Knowledge and Pattern Recognition in Archaeological AnalysisChapter 6 Not the End, Not the Middle, But the Beginning: Repatriation as a Transformative Mechanism for Archaeologists and Indigenous PeoplesChapter 7 Heritage Ethics and Descendant CommunitiesChapter 8 Collaboration Means Equality, Respect, and Reciprocity: A Conversation About Archaeology and the Hopi TribeChapter 9 The Ethics of Collaboration: Whose Culture? Whose Intellectual Property? Who Benefits?Chapter 10 New Africa: Understanding the Americanization of African Descent Groups Through ArchaeologyChapter 11 "I Wish for Paradise": Memory and Class in Hampden, BaltimoreChapter 12 Entering the Agora: Archaeology, Conservation, and Indigenous Peoples in the AmazonChapter 13 Collaborative Encounters