Matt Tomaso has recently opened up his interest to radical threads
in the field of historical archaeology.  He has mentioned specifically,
Barbara Little's recent article and the Archaeology of the Modern State
Symposium at Disneyland.
        Matt (and other intersts parties), I was a participant of the
symposium and am familiar with Barbara's work, though not this specific
article, and would love to enter into a discussion on the place of
radcical agendas in historical archaeology.  It is my belief that the
field can make a unique contribution to the understanding of the roots of
modern social forms and their articulation with distinct historical
contexts over the past 400 or more years.  This requires historical
archaeology to see itself as the archaeology of colonialism, capitalism,
racism, and ultimately modernism.  The data and the avaialable theoretical
perspectives exist today for historical archaeology to be a critic rather
than a colleague of the modern state.  Lets get into more detail in the
future.
 
Chris Matthews
Columbia University, NY