The final comments in an invited debate over colonial legacies within European prehistory have now been published, open access, by the Norwegian Archaeological Review.
The debate features a string of responses to an original paper authored by UHI Archaeology Institute’s Dr Ben Elliott and Prof Graeme Warren from UCD’s School of Archaeology.
Colonialism and the European Mesolithic was published in March, and has rapidly become the second most read article published by the Norwegian Archaeological Review this year.
Its aim was to stimulate discussion around decolonial theory and Mesolithic archaeology, and has prompted replies from senior Mesolithic researchers, museum directors, indigenous archaeology practitioners and experts in Indian prehistory.
To read the papers/responses, select from the links below (in publication order):
- Colonialism and the European Mesolithic
- Decolonization, Indigeneity, and the Cultural Politics of Race
- The Blind Spots of the Colonial Legacies of Archaeological Theory and Practice
- An Exposition on Colonialism and the European Mesolithic by Benjamin Elliott and Graeme Warren
- Choosing the Right Weapons and Arenas – Comments to Elliott and Warren
- Fires and Seeds. Considerations for a decolonized Mesolithic archaeology
- Unsettling Sin and Seeding Healing: Developing the Conversation Around Coloniality in the European Mesolithic
