Forty Years of Community Archaeology, Archaeology of Listening, and Working Together in the L. Titicaca Basin

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Thinking Big in the Andes: Papers in Honor of Charles Stanish" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

One of the most critical issues facing archaeology today remains how to best figure out research on problems that are significant to living peoples, particularly those descended from prehistoric and historical populations that we study. We have learned how paradigms antithetical to local historical sensibilities can harm the community and alienate professional archaeologists. Yet despite these pumps, archaeology has made remarkable progress in its quest to understand the past in all its dimensions. Each generation of archaeologists has tinkered with ways to refine theories, methods, and practices to address enduring questions, changing interpretations, and their relevance. My paper will revisit the idea of community archaeology, the archaeology of listening and working together through the review of the career of Professor Charles Stanish in the Andes. What lessons might others glean from Professor Charles Stanish’s praxis?

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)   •
• Thinking Big in the Andes: Papers in Honor of Charles Stanish

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Abstract Id(s): 36552.0