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Indigenous Values and Methods in Archaeological Practice: Low-Impact Archaeology Through the Kashaya Pomo Interpretive Trail Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Sara L. Gonzalez
Sara L. Gonzalez*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Box 353100, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3100
*
(gonzalsa@uw.edu)
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Abstract

As federally and non-federally recognized tribal communities assert control over the management of tribal heritage, there is a significant opportunity to work with these nations to further refine and develop approaches to archaeological practice that work for the long-term care and protection of tribal heritage. This article evaluates the methodological implications of integrating indigenous values and cultural protocols into archaeological practice and tribal historic preservation. Drawing upon the example of the Kashaya Pomo Interpretive Trail Project at Fort Ross State Historic Park, I examine how respectful, engaged, community-based dialogue with the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians led to the development of a lowimpact archaeological methodology that contributes to the capacity of the Kashia Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) to employ archaeology as a tool of historic preservation. Although this methodology was developed with specific reference to the needs and cultural protocols of the Kashaya Pomo, it provides a salient model of a sovereignty-based approach to tribal historic preservation that may be relevant to other tribal heritage managers. The application of a suite of low-impact survey methods, including the catch-and-release surface collection strategy, also provides tribal and nontribal heritage professionals with additional tools for recovering data from cultural resources with minimal impact.

A medida que las comunidades tribales, tanto las reconocidas federalmente como las que no lo están, reivindican su derecho para ejercer el control sobre la gestión de su patrimonio cultural, se presenta una gran oportunidad de trabajo con dichas naciones para desarrollar y refinar estrategias de práctica arqueológica que resulten efectivas para una mejor protección y conservación del patrimonio tribal a largo plazo. Este artículo evalúa las implicaciones metodológicas derivadas de la integración de los valores y protocolos culturales indígenas en la práctica arqueológica y en la preservación de su patrimonio histórico. Basándonos en el ejemplo del proyecto Kashaya Pomo Interpretative Trail desarrollado en el parque histórico estatal de Fort Ross, examinamos cómo el trabajo basado en el compromiso, el respeto y el diálogo con la comunidad Kashia de indígenas Pomo ha permitido desarrollar un método arqueológico de mínimo impacto que contribuye con la capacidad de la oficina de conservación de historia tribal de los Kashia Tribal Historic Preservation Office, (THPO por sus siglas en inglés) para favorecer el uso de la arqueología como herramienta para la conservación histórica. A pesar de que el método presentado en este trabajo fue desarrollado en base a las necesidades específicas y protocolos culturales de los Kashaya Pomo, éste proporciona un modelo destacado de acercamiento a la conservación histórica indígena basado en la soberanía de los pueblos. Dicho modelo puede resultar de interés para otros gestores del patrimonio cultural tribal y oficinas de gestión del patrimonio (THPOs). La aplicación de una serie de métodos de prospección de bajo impacto, incluyendo la estrategia de prospección en superficie sin recojo de materiales, proporciona además herramientas metodológicas adicionales para la recopilación de datos sobre recursos culturales con un impacto mínimo, las cuales pueden ser de interés tanto para los profesionales del patrimonio tribal como para el resto.

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American Antiquity , Volume 81 , Issue 3 , July 2016 , pp. 533 - 549
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 2016 

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