Archaeology of Place and Space in the West

Historical archaeologists explore landscapes in the AmericanWest through many lenses, including culture contact,colonialism, labor, migration, and identity. This volume sets landscape at the center of analysis, examining space(a geographic location) and place (the lived experienceof a locale) in their myriad permutations. Divided into three thematic sections-the West as space, the West ascommunity, and the West today-the book pulls togethercase studies from across the American West and incorporatesmultivocal contributions and perspectives fromarchaeology, anthropology, Indigenous studies, history,Latinx studies, geography, and material culture studies. Contributors tackle questions of how historicalarchaeologists theoretically and methodologicallydefine the West, conveying the historical, mythological,and physical manifestations of placemaking. Theyconfront issues of community and how diverse ethnic,racial, gendered, labor-based, and other demographicpopulations expressed their identities on and in theWestern landscape. Authors also address the continuedcreation and re-creation of the West today, exploringthe impact of the past on people in the present and itsinfluence on modern conceptions of the American West.