While I know this case is complicated (“A whistleblower speaks out over excavation of Native sites,” December 2020), I think that archaeologists would be lying if we didn’t admit that we recognize the patterns and structures reported on here.

I know we wouldn’t have to try hard to find many stories like this one. Because it’s actually less about individual practices/individual archaeologists and much more about the absolute failure at a structural, cultural level of archaeology to be in good relation.

Valerie Bondura
New York, New York

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Complicit archaeologists

by Valerie Bondura, High Country News
January 1, 2021

<h1>Complicit archaeologists</h1> <p class="byline">by Valerie Bondura, High Country News <br />January 1, 2021</p> <p><span class="s1"></span><span class="s2">While I know this case is complicated (“<a href="https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/52.12/indigenous-affairs-archaeology-a-whistleblower-speaks-out-over-excavation-of-native-sites" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/52.12/indigenous-affairs-archaeology-a-whistleblower-speaks-out-over-excavation-of-native-sites" rel="noopener">A whistleblower speaks out over excavation of Native sites</a>,” December 2020), I think that archaeologists would be lying if we didn’t admit that we recognize the patterns and structures reported on here.</span></p> <p><span class="s2">I know we wouldn’t have to try hard to find many stories like this one. Because it’s actually less about individual practices/individual archaeologists and much more about the absolute failure at a structural, cultural level of archaeology to be in good relation.</span></p> <p><em><span class="s2">Valerie Bondura<br /></span><span class="s2">New York, New York</span></em></p> <p><em><span class="s2">via Twitter</span></em></p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=187851">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">Complicit archaeologists</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/53-1/letter-to-the-editor-complicit-archaeologists/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info Country News&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;quality=100&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=121030&amp;amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/53-1/letter-to-the-editor-complicit-archaeologists/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hcn.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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