Archaeologies of African American Life in the Upper Mid-Atlantic

New scholarship provides insights into the archaeology and cultural history of African American life from a collection of sites in the Mid-Atlantic

About the author

Michael J. Gall is a principal senior archaeologist at Richard Grubb and Associates, Inc., in Cranbury, New Jersey, and has directed more than two hundred archaeological projects in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

Richard F. Veit is professor of anthropology and chair of the Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University. He is a North American historical archaeologist whose research focuses on the Mid-Atlantic region between the late seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries. He is the author and coauthor of six books including Digging New Jersey's Past: Historical Archaeology in the Garden State.

Summary

Explores the archaeology of African American life in the Upper Mid-Atlantic region, using sites dating from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. These sites highlight the potential for historical archaeology to illuminate the often overlooked contributions and experiences of the region's free and enslaved African American settlers.

Product details

• Assisted by: Michael J Gall (Editor), Michael J. Gall (Editor), Richard F Veit (Editor), Richard F. Veit (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9780817360160
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-6016-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: 41 black & white figures, 4 tables
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore