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The past decade saw major changes surrounding long-standing claims for indigenous rights to land and cultural heritage in postcolonial societies. These changes dramatically affect the way in which archaeology is practiced in those countries. The contributors to this volume address native title claims regarding land use, ownership, and cultural patrimony in settings as diverse as Australia, Canada, Pacific Islands, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United States. The cases they explore show ways in which the 21st century practice of archaeology will hinge upon sensitive dealings with indigenous peoples and effectively addressing their concerns about their cultural remains.

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9781598742008

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. ..consists of expert and informed case studies which provide excellent material for undergraduate programmes in archaeology and anthropology. --Oceania

Chapters include [seven on Australia], two on Canada and others on South Africa and the Pacific Islands of Guam and New Caledonia. Widely in these countries now operate forms of aarchaeo-politicsa, where archaeology works with two of its cultural bedfellows, oral history and ethnography, jointly endeavouring to bring acceptable occupational and other evidence in support of the activities of differing sorts of land-rights movementsa]fascinating collection. aAntiquity

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Ian Lilley is Professor in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit in the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

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