Holding Ground

Reconsidering the Sensitivity of Backdirt in the Context of NAGPRA

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11073071
AutoresKrystiana L Krupa (0000-0002-8605-3503, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation, Urbana, IL, USA, autor de correspondencia), Jayne-Leigh Thomas (Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA), Rebecca Hawkins (0000-0003-1811-1369, Algonquin Consultants, Inc., Miami, OK, USA), Rebecca A Hawkins (0009-0007-3709-3836), Julie Olds (Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, Miami, OK, USA), Scott Willard (Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, Miami, OK, USA), Scott T Willard
Año2024
Volumen49
Número3
Páginas186-191
Fecha de publicación2024-04-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Field Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0093-4690 • E-ISSN: 2042-4582
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00934690.2024.2318532
OpenAlexW4392373646
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas14

In the United States, many archaeological excavations focus on precontact era Native American sites, and for the majority of American archaeology's existence, these have included a vast number of burial and sacred sites. When the human remains of Native American Ancestors, or remnants of sacred and ceremonial objects, are found, what implications does this have for the soil in which they rested? In addition to exploring questions regarding how backdirt is defined and assessed, we consider how backdirt may be interpreted as ecofact, as material culture, and even as NAGPRA-eligible funerary material or human remains. We hope to demonstrate that backdirt, as an example of some of the most insignificant archaeological material, poses interesting questions relating to interpretations of context, as well as consultation and collaboration with Indigenous communities

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