Unmasking Ideology in Imperial and Colonial Archaeology: Vocabulary, Symbols, and Legacy

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: The Global Reach of Imperial and Colonial Archaeology Bonnie Effros and Guolong Lai Part I. Defining Approaches to Imperial and Colonial Archaeology Archaeology and Imperialism: From Nineteenth-Century New Imperialism to Twentieth-Century Decolonization Margarita Diaz-Andreu German Archaeology in Occupied Europe during World War II: A Case of Colonial Archaeology? Hubert Fehr Part II. Colonialism and Nationalism Problematizing the Encylopedic Museum: The Benin Bronzes and Ivories in Historical Context Neil Brodie Digging up China: Imperialism, Nationalism, and Regionalism in the Yinxu Excavation, 1928-1937 Guolong Lai They have not changed in 2,500 years: Art, Archaeology, and Modernity in Iran Talinn Grigor Part III. Indigenous voices Colonialist archaeology in the American Southwest Chip Colwell The History of Archaeology through the Eyes of Egyptians Wendy Doyon Indigenous Voices at the Margins: Nuancing the History of French Colonial Archaeology in Algeria, 1830-1870 Bonnie Effros Critiquing the Discovery Narrative of Lady Mungo Ann McGrath Part IV. Archaeology, Art, and Exoticism In the Shadow Zone of Imperial Politics: Archaeological Research in Buryatia from the Late Nineteenth Century to the 1940s Ursula Brosseder Imperial Archaeology or an Archaeology of Exoticism? Victor Segalen's Expeditions in Early Twentieth-Century China Jian Xu Four German Art Historians in Republican China Lothar von Falkenhausen Part V. Colonial and Post-Colonial Legacies French Archaeology and History in the Colonial Maghreb: Inheritance, Presence, and Absence Matthew McCarty The Colonial Origins of Myth and National Identity in Uganda Peter R. Schmidt Japanese Colonial Archaeology in Korea and its Legacy Yangjin Pak The Cloth of Colonization: Peruvian Tapestries in the Andes and in Foreign Museums Maya Stanfield-Mazzi