Race and Practice in Archaeological Interpretation Charles E.
Orser, Jr. "An extraordinarily stimulating and provocative book,
rich in ides and suggested new directions for
archaeology."--"Choice" "Charles Orser outlines a research strategy
for studying poverty and racism that is worthy of historical
archaeology. . . . Much of this book is devoted to dealing with how
people come to be worthy of being despised, usually by being seen
as belonging to biologically inferior groups."--"Journal of
Anthropological Research" Scholars who investigate race--a label
based upon real or perceived physical differences--realize that
they face a formidable task. The concept has been contested and
condoned, debated and denied throughout modern history. Presented
with the full understanding of the complexity of the issue, "Race
and Practice in Archaeological Interpretation" concentrates on the
archaeological analysis of race and how race is determined in the
archaeological record. Most archaeologists, even those dealing with
recent history, have usually avoided the subject of race, yet
Charles E. Orser, Jr., contends that its study and its implications
are extremely important for the science of archaeology. Drawing
upon his considerable experience as an archaeologist, and using a
combination of practice theory as interpreted by Pierre Bourdieu
and spatial theory as presented by Henri Lefebvre, Orser argues for
an explicit archaeology of race and its interpretation. The author
reviews past archaeological usages of race, including a case study
from early nineteenth-century Ireland, and explores the way race
was used to form ideas about the Mound Builders, the Celts, and
Atlantis. He concludes with a proposal that historical
archaeology--cast as modern-world archaeology--should take the lead
in the archaeological analysis of race because its purview is the
recent past, that period during which our conceptions of race
developed. Charles E. Orser, Jr., is Distinguished Professor of
Anthropology at Illinois State University and Adjunct Professor of
Archaeology at the National University of Ireland in Galway. He is
author of "A Historical Archaeology of the Modern World,"
"Historical Archaeology," and "The Material Basis of the Postbellum
Tenant Plantation." He is also the editor of several books,
including "Images of the Recent Past: Reading in Historical
Archaeology," and "Race and the Archaeology of Identity."
Archaeology, Culture, and Society 2003 320 pages 6 x 9 ISBN
978-0-8122-3750-4 Cloth $69.95s 45.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-0325-7 Ebook
$69.95s 45.50 World Rights Archaeology, Anthropology Short copy:
Charles E. Orser, Jr. argues that since race has been used
implicitly in archaeology for more than 100 years, the issue must
be addressed directly despite the long history of debate, denial,
and ignorance.
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