Archaeology and Colonialism

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Archaeology and Colonialism is written by Chris Gosden and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521782643 (ISBN 10) and 9780521782647 (ISBN 13).

Ranging from the Uruk cities of early Mesopotamia, through the empires of the Romans and the Aztecs, to the colonies of modern European states, Chris Gosden presents a comparative survey of 7,000 years of colonialism. (Archaeology is the only discipline that permits such a long-term view across all forms of colonialism.) Gosden argues that modern colonialism, by giving rise to settler societies, is historically unusual and represents an important area for the long-term study of power and material culture.