Postcolonialism, Heritage, and the Built Environment

Jessica L. Nitschke is an archaeologist and cultural historian. Her research focuses on the visual culture of Egypt and Western Asia in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. She is currently a Research Associate in the Department of Ancient Studies in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Marta Lorenzon is an archaeologist and architectural specialist of earthen architecture. Currently, she is University Researcher at the Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires at the University of Helsinki. She is the PI of the project Building Sustainability (2020-2022) and assistant editor of the Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage. Her current research focuses on earthen architecture, identity, and the relationship between natural and built environment.

• Chapter 1. Archaeology, Architecture, and the Postcolonial Critique (Jessica L. Nitschke).- Chapter 2. Architecture and Gender: The Lexicon in Building Archaeology (Marta Lorenzon).- Chapter 3. Boats, Burials, and Beehives: Seeking the Subaltern in the Fortifications at Isthmia, Greece (Jon M. Frey).- Chapter 4. Postcolonial Manifestations of African Spatiality in Europe: The Invisible ‘Public’ Spaces of Ghent (Luce Beeckmans).- Chapter 5. “No Houses and Skin Garments, Sheep, Poultry and Fruits of the Earth”: Aboriginal Australia, Narratives of Human History, and the Built Environment (Martin Porr).- Chapter 6. Colonial Pasts and Neocolonial Presents: The Monumental Arch of Palmyra and so-called Roman Architecture in the Near East (Jessica L. Nitschke).- Chapter 7. The Archaeology of Remembering: Colonial Specters and the Processes of Repackaging the Materiality of Violence, Displacement, and Disenfranchisement (Vuyiswa Lupuwana).- Chapter 8.       Multicultural Burial Spaces and Cities: Constructing Identity and Memory with Postcolonial Kuala Lumpur Chinese Cemeteries (Yat-Ming Loo).- Chapter 9. Conserve the Sacred: The Profound Needs of the Indigenous Communities of Arica y Parinacota, Chile (Magdalena Pereira Campos).