Posts Tagged ‘archaeology’

Temple University Students Participate in Archaeological Dig of Pre-Civil War African-American Settlement in New Jersey Archaeology students at Temple University in Philadelphia have been at work at the site of Timbuctoo, an African-American settlement in Burlington County, New Jersey, that dates back to the 1820s. The students have unearthed several brick structures that were built [...]

The following articles appear in June 2010 issue of the African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter: Obscuring the Inequalities of Slavery: Identifying Differential Access to Ceramics at Monticello by Kari Lentz The Sexton’s House Has a Ritual Concealment: Late 19th-Century Negotiations of Double Consciousness at a Black Family Home in Sussex County, New Jersey by Megan E. [...]

(via ArchaeoBlog via UCSC News): Taught by assistant professor of anthropology J. Cameron Monroe, the class opened a door that led Baker-Rabe to West Africa, where she spent seven weeks this past summer as part of UCSC’s first undergraduate archaeological expedition to Benin. Under Monroe’s leadership, Baker-Rabe and seven other undergraduates spent nearly two months unearthing [...]

From the site: In September’s newsletter, we feature: articles and essays by E. Kofi Agorsah, Thomas Butler, Jane Eva Baxter, John D. Burton, John Ringquist, Marty Wild, and Zacharys Anger Gundu; a compiled list of recent dissertations in African diaspora archaeology and history; news reports and announcements; and book reviews by James G. Gibb, Christopher [...]





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