2016
DOI: 10.1111/aman.12682
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Indigenous Archaeological Field Technicians at Tiwanaku, Bolivia: A Hybrid Form of Scientific Labor

Abstract: Archaeology is a science with an intimate investment in the bodies that labor to produce its objects of knowledge. Data comes into being through tactile skills: eyes that see, hands that touch, voices that name and debate. It matters, therefore, who constitutes and controls the labor force; yet little has been written about archaeological workers. Here I outline the relationship between archaeologists and indigenous workers at Tiwanaku, Bolivia, showing that archaeologists did not have direct control over labo… Show more

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“…Other Spanish versions persist in modern Honduran society -that of a hidden wealthy society in Honduras that may date to Friar Pedraza, a priest who wrote about large settlements in the Mosquitia soon after arrival in the region (Pedraza 1892). These views may be marginalized by archaeologists, however, because we often lack diverse perspectives and understanding of local, indigenous knowledge (see Atalay 2012;Begley 2016;Colwell-Chanthaphonh and Ferguson 2010;Leighton 2016;Meskell 2005;Sheehan and Lilley 2008;Watkins 2000).…”
Section: Integrating the Concerns Of Stakeholdersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Other Spanish versions persist in modern Honduran society -that of a hidden wealthy society in Honduras that may date to Friar Pedraza, a priest who wrote about large settlements in the Mosquitia soon after arrival in the region (Pedraza 1892). These views may be marginalized by archaeologists, however, because we often lack diverse perspectives and understanding of local, indigenous knowledge (see Atalay 2012;Begley 2016;Colwell-Chanthaphonh and Ferguson 2010;Leighton 2016;Meskell 2005;Sheehan and Lilley 2008;Watkins 2000).…”
Section: Integrating the Concerns Of Stakeholdersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There were practical issues to overcome when moving from the model of single ethnographer to a multidisciplinary team of field researchers, all visiting houses together and producing multiple kinds of data (e.g., water samples, blood samples, semi-structured interviews, maps). In designing the practical organization of the fieldwork data, Mary was able to draw on her knowledge of how archaeologists organize large-scale team-based research projects, and codify individual researchers' embodied experience/tacit knowledge as collectively comprehensible data (Leighton, 2016). We use "house forms," modeled on British archaeologists' "context forms" (Leighton, 2015), that include checkboxes, an area for drawing an annotated map, and prompts to write long-form narrative fieldnotes.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…En el caso de la arqueología, una variedad de estudios ha tratado de hacer visible los papeles de los trabajadores: obreros, excavadores, técnicos y guardianes. Por ejemplo, en un análisis de los excavadores Aymara de Tiwanaku, Bolivia, Leighton (2016) argumenta que producen una práctica híbrida, es decir, Aymara/indígena y arqueológica/científica a la vez. El estudio de Shepherd (2003) analiza el archivo fotográfi-co del arqueólogo sudafricano John Goodwin para dar a conocer la labor local en el trabajo arqueológico, ya que la dinámica colonial en que operó el arqueólogo descalificó las aportaciones de los excavadores indígenas (véase también Riggs 2017).…”
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