of a general trend, Thomas concludes, for indigenous groups within colonial settings being part of a practice of appropriation and reappropriation of colonial material goods for use and transformation through their own indigenous social practices. The logical organization of this volume helps build the arguments regarding the evidence and larger context for metal production at Paa-ko during the early colonial era in New Mexico. The topic of metallurgy at Paa-ko is an important one with wide implications for other parts of the Pueblo world and neighboring arid regions such as southern California. Thomas’s book is well argued, well supported, and offers insight into a topic that is not well understood. I highly recommend this volume to people interested in the technology of metallurgy, indigenous-colonial interaction in the hinterlands of empires, and indigenous social practice in colonial contexts.

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考古收藏的新生​​命

托马斯总结说，这是一种普遍趋势，因为殖民环境中的土著群体是通过他们自己的土著社会实践对殖民物质产品进行占有和重新占有的做法的一部分。本卷的逻辑组织有助于建立关于新墨西哥州早期殖民时代 Paa-ko 金属生产的证据和更大背景的论点。Paa-ko 的冶金主题是一个重要的主题，对普韦布洛世界的其他地区和邻近的干旱地区（如南加州）具有广泛的影响。托马斯的书论证充分，得到了很好的支持，并提供了对一个不太了解的主题的洞察力。我向那些对冶金技术、帝国腹地的土著-殖民互动感兴趣的人强烈推荐这本书，