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As a method of deconstructing and disrupting what is normative, archaeologists have used queer theory to explore aspects of the formation and intersection of identities. In this paper I illustrate how queer theory can be used beyond the study of identity by exploring the relationships between people and places. Comprising 25 cenotes, or karstic sinkholes, Cara Blanca, Belize represents one of the highest concentrations of cenotes in the Southern Maya Lowlands. A highly sacred landscape, Cara...
Ordinary Histories of People and Place: Inequality, Belonging, and Community Collaboration in Northern Belize (2021)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Oral History, Coloniality, and Community Collaboration in Latin America" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. For the people of contemporary Belize, issues of heritage/ancestry are often narrated through binaries of long-term indigenous continuity or sharp, colonial discontinuity. Yet, for ordinary people these are complicated issues tied to histories of forced movement, social inequality, and violence. Today,...