The University of Arizona Press
Unsettled Time
Colonial Legacies and Indigenous Futures
Time is at the core of how we think about colonialism in North America, with many seeing the first footfalls of newly arrived Europeans as indelibly marking the end of one era and the beginning of another. However, this understanding of time often serves to perpetuate outdated narratives about Indigenous people, normalizing colonial domination.
This volume unsettles conventional understandings of time in the study of Indigenous-colonial interactions in North America, acknowledging both the enduring nature of colonial legacies and the radical possibilities of Indigenous futures. The contributors largely approach this goal from the perspective of archaeology, with a particular concern for how we can effectively employ archaeological and related historical methods in collaboration with tribal nations and other descendant communities. The chapters engage with broader interdisciplinary questions about time, periodization, and temporality to build more nuanced and responsive understandings of Native-lived colonialism.
Contributors
Nathan Acebo
Kaitlin M. Brown
Wade Campbell
Emily Clark
Ruben Cu:k Ba’ak
Jacob Holland-Lulewicz
Nicholas V. Kessler
Nicholas C. Laluk
Koji Lau-Ozawa
Heather Law Pezzarossi
Lindsay Martel Montgomery
Lee M. Panich
Michelle M. Pigott
Robert W. Preucel
Christopher B. Rodning
Sarah Simeonoff
“This volume will be essential reading for those seeking to bridge traditional conceptualizations of time in archaeology with those derived from the lived and ancestral experiences of Indigenous peoples. Just as the editors focus the volume around time as a palimpsest, so too do the authors weave together different viewpoints on time into a multiplex and layered set of perspectives.”—Jennifer Birch, co-editor of The Archaeology of Villages in Eastern North America
“This book is a timely and thought-provoking exploration of ways archaeologists do and should think about time in collaborative study of Native life in the face of settler-colonial incursions in North America. The contributors grapple with methodological, theoretical, and ethical issues that speak directly to how archaeology as a discipline can address the ongoing trauma and future-focused needs of Native peoples and cultures as a result of colonialism.”—Kathleen L. Hull, co-editor of Forging Communities in Colonial Alta California
