The Archaeology of Difference presents a new and radically different perspective on the archaeology of cross-cultural contact and engagement. The authors move away from acculturation or domination and resistance and concentrate on interaction and negotiation by using a wide variety of case studies which take a crucially indigenous rather than colonial standpoint.
List of figures vii List of tables xi List of contributors xiii Series editors foreword xv Preface xvii Negotiating difference: practice makes theory for contemporary archaeology in Oceania 1(31) Robin Torrence Anne Clarke `Round, black and lustrous: a view of encounters with difference in Chuuk Lagoon, Federated States of Micronesia 32(19) Paul Rainbird Reconstructing `traditional Kanak society in New Caledonia: the role of archaeology in the study of European contact 51(28) Christophe Sand Post-contact landscapes of change in Hauraki, New Zealand 79(25) Caroline Phillips Just another trader? An archaeological perspective on European barter with Admiralty Islanders, Papua New Guinea 104(38) Robin Torrence Time, tradition and transformation: the negotiation of cross-cultural engagements on Groote Eylandt, northern Australia 142(40) Anne Clarke Guns or barter? Indigenous exchange networks and the mediation of conflict in post-contact western Arnhem Land 182(33) Scott Mitchell Signs of life on a barbarous frontier: intercultural encounters in North Australia 215(23) Deborah Bird Rose `Barter...immediately commenced to the satisfaction of both parties: cross-cultural exchange at Port Jackson, 1788-1828 238(40) Isabel McBryde The colonial impact? Contact archaeology and indigenous sites in southern New South Wales 278(22) Sarah M. Colley Keeping the land alive: changing social contexts of landscape and rock art production 300(31) Ursula Frederick Researching the past: oral history and archaeology at Swan Reach 331(29) Steven Hemming Vivienne Wood Richard Hunter Resistance, creolization or optimal foraging at Killalpaninna Mission, South Australia 360(46) Judy Birmingham Index 406
Robin Torrence and Anne Clarke are respectively Australian Research Council Senior and Postdoctoral Fellows at the Australian Museum and the Australian National University.
