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Archaeologies of Early Modern Spanish Colonialism illustrates how archaeology contributes to the knowledge of early modern Spanish colonialism and the "first globalization" of the 16th and 17th centuries. Through a range of specific case studies, the book offers a global comparative perspective on colonial processes and colonial situations, and the ways in which they were experienced by the different peoples. But we also focus on marginal "unsuccessful" colonial episodes. Thus, some of the papers deal with very brief colonial events, even "marginal" in some cases, considered "failures" by the Spanish crown or even undertook without their consent. These short events are usually overlooked by traditional historiography, which is why archaeological research is particularly important in these cases, since archaeological remains may be the only type of evidence that stands as proof of these colonial events. At the same time, it critically examines the construction of categories and discourses of colonialism, and questions the ideological underpinnings of the source material required to address such a vast issue. Accordingly, the book strikes a balance between theoretical, methodological and empirical issues, integrated to a lesser or greater extent in most of the chapters.

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• Full title: Archaeologies of Early Modern Spanish Colonialism
• Author: Sandra Monton-Subias, Maria Cruz Berrocal, Apen Ruiz Martinez
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 302
• EAN: 9783319218847
• ISBN: 3319218840
• ID: 09378338
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
• Weight: 5974 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 246 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. February 2016

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