The Archaeology of Race in the Northeast
Christopher N. Matthews and Allison Manfra McGovern
Abstract
American historical archaeology began on the East Coast of the United States. Its earliest and most important developments were in the Chesapeake Tidewater and the historically rich cities and towns of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. While practitioners in the field now work across the globe, the eastern United States still draws a great deal of attention in historical archaeology. Today’s archaeologists owe a great debt to the early generation of researchers who established the field as a useful and important method and approach for engaging and understanding American history. We see this vol ... More
American historical archaeology began on the East Coast of the United States. Its earliest and most important developments were in the Chesapeake Tidewater and the historically rich cities and towns of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. While practitioners in the field now work across the globe, the eastern United States still draws a great deal of attention in historical archaeology. Today’s archaeologists owe a great debt to the early generation of researchers who established the field as a useful and important method and approach for engaging and understanding American history. We see this volume, in part, as a contribution of our generation, if you will, to the rich literature in historical archaeology of the eastern United States. In particular, this volume brings together a set of archaeological studies from the northeastern United States to examine the question of race as a vital factor in the way lives in the region were led, understood, and made meaningful.
Keywords:
race,
historical archaeology,
Northeastern United States
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2015 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780813060576 |
| Published to Florida Scholarship Online: September 2015 |
DOI:10.5744/florida/9780813060576.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Christopher N. Matthews, editor
Montclair State University
Allison Manfra McGovern, editor
Queens College and Farmingdale State College
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