Putting the Settlers in Settler Colonialism: Power and Ideology in the Archaeology of Settler Sites

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Praxis Makes Perfect: Celebrating the Academic Life and Times of Randy McGuire" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In recent years, archaeological studies of colonialism have drawn heavily on the concept of settler colonialism. While laudable, this perspective is most frequently applied to contexts of colonial conflict and trauma (e.g., war zones and battlefields). It is rarely the theoretical perspective applied to the archaeology of the sites of the settlers themselves (e.g., historic farmsteads, urban/industrial sites, logging camps, etc.). Drawing on concepts of power and ideology in the work of Randall McGuire, this paper attempts to put the settlers back into the concept of settler colonialism.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• Praxis Makes Perfect: Celebrating the Academic Life and Times of Randy McGuire

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Abstract Id(s): 50321