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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE COLONIZED
This book focuses on the experience of the colonized in their landscape set-
ting, looking at case studies from areas of the world not often considered in
the postcolonial debate. It offers original, exciting approaches to the growing
area of research in archaeology and colonialism.
The case studies used range from the pyramids of Old Kingdom Egypt to
illicit whisky distilling in eenth-century Scotland, and from the Roman
roads of Turkey to the threshing floors of Cyprus under British colonial
rule. Dr Given uses the archaeological evidence to create a vivid picture of
how the lives and identities of farmers, artisans and labourers were affected
by colonial systems of oppressive taxation, bureaucracy, forced labour and
ideological control.
This is the first book to integrate fully the archaeological study of the
landscape with the concerns of colonial and postcolonial history, theory and
scholarship. It will be valuable to anyone investigating the relationship
between munity and central control in a wide range of historical
and archaeological contexts.
Michael Given is a Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology,
University of Glasgow, and co-director of the Troodos Archaeological and
Environmental Survey Project in Cyprus. His research interests include
archaeological survey, landscape archaeology, imperialism and historical
archaeology. He is co-author with A. Bernard Knapp of The Sydney Cyprus
Survey Project: social approaches to regional archaeological survey (2003).
THE ARCHAEOLOGY
OF THE COLONIZED
Michael Given
First published 2004
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