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Introduction -- The moral predicaments of archaeology -- The roots of ambition -- At heart I am -- Then let us spare, at least, their graves -- The summer of 1903 -- Vast unexplored treasure fields -- You boys have dreamed -- The archaeologist Gáwasowaneh -- It is knowledge, solely, that we are seeking -- We can't get away from history -- Conclusion -- The promise of indigenous archaeologies

In the late nineteenth century, while advocates garnered support for a law protecting America's archaeological resources, the U.S. government was seeking to dispossess Native Americans of traditional lands and eradicate native languages and cultural practices. That the government should safeguard Indian heritage in one way while simultaneously enacting policies of cultural obliteration deserves close scrutiny and provides insight into the ways in which archaeology is drawn into complex sociopolitical developments. Focusing on the American Southwest, this article argues that the Antiquities Act was fundamentally linked to the process of incorporating Native Americans into the web of national politics and markets. Whereas government programs such as boarding schools and missions sought to integrate living indigenous communities, the Antiquities Act served to place the Native American past under the explicit control of the American government and its agents of science. This story of archaeology is vital, because it helps explain the contemporary environment in which debates continue about the ownership and management of heritage.

In May of 1954, the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) was adopted in an attempt to curb the destruction of movable and immovable cultural property during war. Recent conflicts, such as the continuing war in the Balkans, remind us that the Hague Convention is as relevant today as it was fifty years ago. Although this Convention is the most comprehensive and internationally recognized treaty to protect cultural property in time of war, the United States remains one of the few signatories that has yet to ratify it. In January 1999, former President William J. Clinton forwarded the Hague Convention to the Senate with the recommendation that it ratify the Convention and part of Protocol I. Although this presented perhaps the first real opportunity in nearly half a century for the United States to join one hundred countries and ratify the Hague Convention, its fate remains uncertain. Generally oriented towards the United States' policy and practice, this article broadly discusses the Hague Convention, its history, its weaknesses and strengths, and the current status of U.S. ratification.

The notion of the "contested past" has grown to be an important topic in anthropological research in recent decades, linking such themes as nationalism, identity, museology, tourism, and war. In North America, these discussions have largely centered on archaeology's shifting relationship with native peoples. As scholars give new attention to how research methodologies and representation of cultural histories affect indigenous peoples, it is critical to understand the unique ways in which Native Americans view their past. Contemporary Zuni and Hopi interpretations of ancestral landscapes in the San Pedro Valley of Arizona are used to explore how indigenous worldviews imbue ancient places with deep cultural and individual meanings. This research, based on a three‐year collaborative ethnohistory project, argues for resolution to the "contested past" by incorporating a perspective of multivocality, which will enable the creation of alternative histories that do not eschew scientific principles while respecting native values of history.

Intro -- Contents -- Timeline -- Genealogy -- Monographs -- Introduction -- Part One: Becoming Ruth Underhill -- A Zigzag Life -- Do Good to Others -- Mother Was an Angel, Part 1 -- They Were Murrays -- Abram S. Underhill -- Mother Was an Angel, Part 2 -- Youth Passing -- Quakers and Darwin -- Picnics and Dances -- Vassar and Europe -- The Society -- The Big Love -- World War I -- A Marriage Begins and Ends -- Part Two: Becoming an Anthropologist -- Columbia, Part 1 -- Papa Franz -- Coming of Age in Arizona -- Henrietta -- Chona and the O'odham -- Columbia, Part 2 -- The Fruit of the Saguaro -- Indian Affairs -- Around the World -- We're Going to Live This Year -- Acknowledgments -- Figure Credits -- Index -- About the Editors.