Using archaeological case studies from around the world, this volume evaluates the implications of providing alternative interpretations of the past. These cases also examine if multivocality is relevant to local residents and non-Anglo-American archaeologists and if the close examination of alternative interpretations can contribute to a deeper understanding of subjectivity and objectivity of archaeological interpretation.

Leseprobe

Introduction.- Part I. Operationalizing Multivocality. Introduction. An Ethical Epistemology of Publicly Engaged Biocultural Research: Archaeology of the New York African Burial Ground. Multiple Voices for Many Ears in Indigenous Archaeological Practice. ''Making a Homea¿: Archaeologies of the Medieval English Village. Critical Histories of Archaeological Practice: Latin American and North American Interpretations in a Honduran Context.- Part II. Evaluating Multiple Narratives In Various Regional And Historical Settings. Introduction. Science or Narrative? Multiple interpretations of the Sannai Maruyama site, Japan. Divided We Stand: Archaeology in Korea after the Korean War. Multiscalar Approaches to Multivocality: A Case Study from Serbia. Virtual Viewpoints: Marketing the Past in a Globalized World.- Part III. Providing Alternative Interpretations. Introduction. Alternative States. Disentangling Irish, English and Scandinavian Contributions in the Archaeology of Viking Dublin. Dominant Narratives, Multivocality, and the Practice of Bolivian Archaeology: The Case of Tiwanaku.- Part IV. Discussion. ''Alternative Archaeologiesa¿ in Historical Perspective.

InhaltsangabeOperationalizing Multivocality.- Introduction: Evaluating Multiple Narratives: Beyond Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist Archaeologies.- An Ethical Epistemology of Publicly Engaged Biocultural Research.- Multivocality and Indigenous Archaeologies.- Making a Home: Archaeologies of the Medieval English Village.- Critical Histories of Archaeological Practice: Latin American and North American Interpretations in a Honduran Context.- Paths of Power and Politics: Historical Narratives at the Bolivian Site of Tiwanaku.- Evaluating Multiple Narratives in Various Regional and Historical Settings.- Science or Narratives? Multiple Interpretations of the Sannai Maruyama Site, Japan.- Multivocality, Multifaceted Voices, and Korean Archaeology.- Virtual Viewpoints: Multivocality in the Marketed Past?.- Alternative States.- Irish Archaeology and the Recognition of Ethnic Difference in Viking Dublin.- Discussion.- "Alternative Archaeologies" in Historical Perspective.- Multivocality and Social Archaeology.- The Integrity of Narratives: Deliberative Practice, Pluralism, and Multivocality.