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Issues of indigenous archaeology have attracted a collection of ideas especially when it comes to intellectual breadth and political economy. This paper is based on a review of two articles about archaeology according to hip Colwell-Chanthaphonh etal (2010) and McGhee (2008). In light of this, the response will take into account comments as per the two articles, the significant issues raised in both and the applicative information obtained as practically conveyed out of class. The first article, ‘The Premise and Promise of Indigenous Archaeology’, there is a stern concern about the need to involve indigenous people in archaeology. It states that the values of the people, knowledge, practices and ethics should fully be included in the archaeology in the respective areas. According to the norms of all societies, many of the things that happen in a society are supposed to have the community take part to avoid rebellion. Colwell-Chanthaphonh etal describes that the need to create awareness to all stakeholders in a society is a paramount issue. He goes ahead to name the Native Americans, the Indians as well as colonialists to these areas. This is an all-inclusive society and spells out the importance of an all-inclusive excavation of information from any given society. One major reason why there is a stress for inclusion is that the people living in a given area bear a lot of resemblance to the ancient people that lived in the same area (Colwell-Chanthaphonh, Ferguson, Lippert, & Randall H. McGuire, 2010). Therefore, by virtue of accuracy, there is bound to be the right information obtained from the archaeological research. One example is that of the aborigines that have been in the same geographical and physical environment for as lo... ... middle of paper ... ...ny information that they would depend on as true (McGhee, 2008). Moreover, the inclusion is a way of verifying trends in a society. Events outside classroom, apart from being practical are however the same as those learned in class albeit different researchers having different ideas. The two articles are clearly spelling out critical issues about involvement in matters that constitute the lives of people living in a given area. The two articles have elaborated the basic aspect of archaeology and the need to put indigenous people in the plot for a constructive venture. Works Cited Colwell-Chanthaphonh, C., Ferguson, T. J., Lippert, D., & Randall H. McGuire. (2010). THE PREMISE AND PROMISE OF INDIGENOUS ARCHAEOLOGY. American Antiquity, 75(2), 228-238. McGhee, R. (2008). ABORIGINALISM AND THE PROBLEMS OF INDIGENOUS ARCHAEOLOGY. American Antiquity, 73(4), 579-597.

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