Heading south, looking north: Why we need a post-colonial archaeology

Archaeological Dialogues

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 74-82

  Shepherd, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archaeological theory; Colonialism; Postcolonial archaeology; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ARCHAEOLOGY; POST-COLONIALISM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036934628     PISSN: 13802038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1380203800002117     Document Type: Article

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