Archaeology of Culture Contact and Colonialism in Spanish and Portuguese America

Archaeology of Culture Contact and Colonialism in Spanish and Portuguese America contributes to disrupt the old grand narrative of cultural contact and colonialism in Spanish and Portuguese America in a wide and complete sense. This edited volume aims at

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Pedro Paulo A. Funari  Maria Ximena Senatore Editors

Archaeology of Culture Contact and Colonialism in Spanish and Portuguese America

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Editors Pedro Paulo A. Funari Campinas São Paulo Brazil

Maria Ximena Senatore Buenos Aires Argentina

ISBN 978-3-319-08068-0    ISBN 978-3-319-08069-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08069-7 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014953959 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through Rights Link at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

To the memory of my parents P.P.A.F. To my parents M.X.S.

I Foreword

For a very long time, historical archaeology has been the archaeology of the European expansion in the former British colonies (USA, Caribbean, Canada and Australia) and its consequences: the Atlantic trade, the fur trade, slave plantations, colonial conflicts, creolization, urbanization and industrialization. Iberia has played rather a secondary role in the narratives of historical archaeology, except in those areas of the USA that were once part of the Spanish Empire (such as Florida, California or Texas). During the last couple of decades, however, historical archaeology has grown vigorously in many Latin American countries, most notably Argentina and Brazil, and has