The future of the past: archaeologists, Native Americans, and repatriation.

The future of the past: archaeologists, Native Americans, and repatriation. TAMARA L. BRAY (ed.). The future of the past: archaeologists Archaeology is a discipline that was virtually unknown until the 19th century. Archaeology, originally an amateur pastime, is becoming increasingly popular, and it is now possible for archaeologists to become minor celebrities as a result of media exposure. ,Native Americans, and repatriation RepatriationThe process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.Notes:If you are American, converting British Pounds back to U.S. dollars is an example of repatriation. . xiii+252 pages, 8 figures, I table.2001. New York New York, state, United StatesNew York,Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (NY): Garland; 0-8153-3834-1 hardback 37 [poundssterling] & US$75. Dr WILKIE reports on her sample excavations among domesticfeatures, the work among archives and local studies collections thathelped her to identify the four families who used the sites and torecognize household contents of the time, and on her attempts (lesssuccessful) to collect oral history. With comparative reference toresults from like sites in other parts of the South, her interpretationconcentrates on the management of privacy and identity and on thereconstruction of ritual customs, including magic.