Anthropology 2229F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter online reading: Rheumatism, Resistance 2
1 Apr 2018
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Anthro 2229 april 3rd notes on supplementary reading. Sunday, april 1, 2018 by theresa a. singleton. Slavery in archaeology has been looked at since the past two decades ago. This essay looks at 4 themes: the living conditions under slavery, status differences within the plantation community, relationships of planter dominance and slave resistance and formation of african-american cultural identity. Archaeology was done on plantations and such before but were looking more at architectural restoration of buildings and gardens, not toward understanding plantation life. The study of slavery and of all black-occupied sites is increasingly referred to as. It uses material culture to interpret african-american life. African-americans now working more with archaeologists involving african-american sites. The cultural resource management (crm) laws in mid 60s to early 70s required the investigation of many archaeological sites threatened by redevelopment. Then archaeologists started studying other cultures" remains like asian and latino- They inadvertently created an ethnic archaeology of the other.
