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An Archaeology of Eurocentrism

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ID8046919
AuthorsC E Orser (0000-0002-6276-9670, New York State Museum, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume77
Issue4
Pages737-755
Publication date2012-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.7183/0002-7316.77.4.737
OpenAlexW2320514769
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited126

The role of Europe and Europeans in the archaeology of post-1500 history has recently been critiqued. Some research has been pejoratively labeled Eurocentrism. This paper addresses the problems with adopting an emotional understanding of Eurocentrism and argues instead for its archaeological examination within the framework of an explicit multiscalar modern-world (historical) archaeology. An example comes from seventeenth-century Dutch settlements located in and around present-day Albany, New York

Archaeology · Eurocentrism · Human settlement · Post-medieval archaeology · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History

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