Archaeologies of Cultural Contact undertakes an exploration of
cultural transfer, with a particular focus on the combination and
modification of both material and behavioural attributes under
conditions of contact. From globalization and displacement to
cultural legitimization and identity politics, the modern world is
characterised by, and articulated through, dynamics of contact and
transfer. This book recognises that creolization, ethnogenesis,
hybridity, and syncretism are analytical concepts and social
processes, relevant not only to the postcolonial contexts of the
twentieth century but also to wide-ranging instances where contact
is made between cultural groups. Indeed, in representing the
re-working of pre-existing cultural elements, they were crucial and
ever-present features of the human past. Ranging in their
analytical frame, scale, and geographical and temporal location,
the chapters in this volume demonstrate the diverse understandings
that can be gained from explorations into the material remains of
past contact, exposing and overcoming various limitations of
competing models of cultural change. They permit insights into not
only cultural change and difference but also the processes of
appropriation, resistance, redefinition, and incorporation.
Together, the contributions articulate the perspectives that
concern practices in relations to people, places, and things, and
note how power dynamics mediate social interactions and sustain and
constrain forms of cultural contact. This book will be of interest
to researchers and students in archaeology as well those from
cognate disciplines, particularly anthropology and history.
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