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Archaeologies of whiteness

2022; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 29; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s1380203822000174

1478-2294

Matthew C. Reilly,

Geographies of human-animal interactions

Abstract In the midst of ardent calls for decolonizing and building a more anti-racist archaeology, whiteness has gone largely unacknowledged in the history of disciplinary thought and practice. As a point of departure, this article asks: why are there so many White archaeologists? In addressing this question, I suggest that the development of early archaeological method and thought was deeply affected by White supremacy. In presenting the two case studies of Montroville Dickson and Flinders Petrie, I suggest that a radical new history of archaeology is needed if we are to build a more equitable, anti-racist field in the future. Central to this process to recognizing the role that whiteness has played and continues to play in archaeological practice and pedagogy.