In Collaboration in Archaeological Practice, prominent archaeologists reflect on their experiences collaborating with descendant communities (peoples whose ancestors are the subject of archaeological research).

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 The Collaborative Continuum Chapter 3 Navigating the Fluidity of Social Identity: Collaborative Research into Cultural Affiliation in the American Southwest Chapter 4 Unusual of "Extreme" Beliefs About the Past: Community Identity and Dealing with the Fringe Chapter 5 Things Are Not Always What They Seem: Indigenous Knowledge and Pattern Recognition in Archaeological Analysis Chapter 6 Not the End, Not the Middle, But the Beginning: Repatriation as a Transformative Mechanism for Archaeologists and Indigenous Peoples Chapter 7 Heritage Ethics and Descendant Communities Chapter 8 Collaboration Means Equality, Respect, and Reciprocity: A Conversation About Archaeology and the Hopi Tribe Chapter 9 The Ethics of Collaboration: Whose Culture? Whose Intellectual Property? Who Benefits? Chapter 10 New Africa: Understanding the Americanization of African Descent Groups Through Archaeology Chapter 11 "I Wish for Paradise": Memory and Class in Hampden, Baltimore Chapter 12 Entering the Agora: Archaeology, Conservation, and Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon Chapter 13 Collaborative Encounters

Edited by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh and T. J. Ferguson