1984/12/01 by Merrick Posnansky · 34 citations
Social Sciences · #Anthropology #Archaeology #Archaeology of the Americas #Colonialism, slavery, and trade #Cuban History and Society #Diaspora #Ethnic group #Ethnology #Gender studies #Geography #Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies #Historical archaeology #History #Native american #Sociology #White (mutation)
paper · doi:10.1177/002193478401500204
published in Journal of Black Studies 15(2), 195-205 (SAGE Publishing)
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One recent feature of North American archaeology is the consciousness that there is a need to be more aware of ethnic minorities (Schuyler, 1979). For a long time, there was a dichotomy that excluded other Americans: Anthropological archaeologists studied Native American populations, and historical archaeologists studied the archaeology of White Americans. Archaeologists now are studying different communities, and in the American Southeast interesting studies have been made of plantation archaeology. In the Caribbean there is a belated awareness of the need to study the archaeology of transplanted Africans as well as of Amerindians and Europeans. Nevertheless, there is still an emphasis on sunken galleons, the first European towns, defensive structures, and prominent citizens' houses. Archaeologists who study plantation sites rarely have had exposure to either the countries from which the slaves came or, in many cases, the fullness of