ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on archaeology's legacy of scientific colonialism as an essential challenge archaeologist's face in creating more ethical research paradigms. It describes key aspects of the production of knowledge that must be intentionally transformed for archaeology to become postcolonial and refers to examples of epistemological approaches and engagements between archaeologists and descendant communities. Historically, archaeology has served the needs of the nation-state and those in positions of power and privilege. Archaeology continues to operate in contexts where Indigenous peoples are marginalized and subordinated to dominant structures and policies and the best intentions for collaboration may never entirely escape the legacy of colonialism. The tradition of community archaeology developed out of collaborative work with Indigenous communities in Australia and New Zealand and embraces a wide range of approaches and methodologies, some less or more colonialist in practice than others.
