9780813030708: The Archaeology of Collective Action

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Dean Saitta examines archaeology's success in reconstructing collective social actions of the past - mass protests, labor strikes, slave uprisings on plantations - and considers the implications of such reconstructions for society today.
Framing key issues and definitions in a clear and accessible style, Saitta reviews some of the progress archaeologists have made in illuminating race-, gender-, and class-based forms of collective action and how those actions have shaped the American experience. Saitta argues that archaeology is not only a source of historical truth but also a comment on the contemporary human condition.

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Dean J. Saitta is professor of anthropology at the University of Denver.

Dean J. Saitta is professor of anthropology at the University of Denver and author of Denver: An Archaeological History.

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