Perspectives from the Study of Early Colonial Encounter in North America: Is it time for a “revolution” in the study of colonialism?

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2020

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Perspectives from the Study of Early Colonial Encounter in North America: Is it time for a “revolution” in the study of colonialism?," at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

This session seeks to bring together a broad set of perspectives on the study of early colonial encounter in North America. Several decades of ongoing research and collaboration have produced an immense set of data and interpretations on the nature of the first decades of colonialism, however much of the discussion of this process has been cloistered to particular regions, foci, and theoretical frameworks. In this session, we hope to bring together researchers from various regions, time periods, and interpretive perspectives in order to create a dialogue about the broad consequences of the earliest contacts between individuals and groups in the North American continent.

Other Keywords
Colonialism • Northeast • Hudson's Bay Company • Colonization • Protohistoric • Food • Roman • entanglement • Wampanoag • Intersectionality

Temporal Keywords
17th-18th Century • early colonial • Protohistoric • Colonial Period • 17th Century • Settler Period

Geographic Keywords
Coahuila (State / Territory) • New Mexico (State / Territory) • Oklahoma (State / Territory) • Arizona (State / Territory) • Texas (State / Territory) • Sonora (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • Chihuahua (State / Territory) • Nuevo Leon (State / Territory) • Delaware (State / Territory)

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  • Colonialism and Indigenous Diaspora in the American Northeast (2020)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Siobhan M. Hart.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "Perspectives from the Study of Early Colonial Encounter in North America: Is it time for a “revolution” in the study of colonialism?" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In the last two decades scholars have rejected the bifurcation of “continuity” or “change” in studies Indigenous experiences of early colonialism in North America. Instead, archaeologists increasingly favor process and practice approaches,...

  • Exploring Economic Priorities of Protohistoric Communities: Case studies from Northeastern North America and Roman Britannia (2020)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Arthur Anderson.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "Perspectives from the Study of Early Colonial Encounter in North America: Is it time for a “revolution” in the study of colonialism?" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This paper will explore the response of prehistoric communities who rapidly become consumers in continent spanning economies. Using as case studies the Maritime Peninsula of Eastern North America in the 17th century AD and the northern...

  • How Colonization Created Food Inequality in the United States (and Why It Matters) (2020)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Kimberly Kasper. Jamie Evans.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "Perspectives from the Study of Early Colonial Encounter in North America: Is it time for a “revolution” in the study of colonialism?" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In the contemporary landscapes of the United States, there are many social and economic inequalities tied to the production, distribution and consumption of food. When constructing solutions to overcome those food-centered inequalities, it is...

  • Pequot Cultural Entanglement During the Pequot War: Moving beyond an "assumed, realized, or imminent expression of European domination" (2020)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only William A. Farley.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "Perspectives from the Study of Early Colonial Encounter in North America: Is it time for a “revolution” in the study of colonialism?" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This paper explores the nature of cultural change and continuity during the earliest colonial period (ca. 1615-1637) in southern New England. Intercultural exchange between Europeans and Native people in the region is believed to have brought...

  • Reconsidering the Colonial Encounter in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts (2020)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only David Landon. Christa Beranek.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "Perspectives from the Study of Early Colonial Encounter in North America: Is it time for a “revolution” in the study of colonialism?" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. One of the interesting disjunctures in the narrative of the colonial encounter in the 17th-century Plymouth Colony is the difference between the historical and archaeological accounts. In historical accounts and out popular culture versions of...

  • What else is new?: The Hudson’s Bay Company, Fort Albany and the Study of Colonialism (2020)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Amelie Allard.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "Perspectives from the Study of Early Colonial Encounter in North America: Is it time for a “revolution” in the study of colonialism?" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Research into the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) has long played a pivotal role in Canadian national history. The HBC, a long-lasting commercial institution, was first established in the 1670s. Its earliest trading posts were placed along waterways...