African American (Culture Keyword)
Parent: Historic
251-275 (382 Records)
A.1. Memoranda of Agreement regarding the African Burial Ground A.2. National Historic Landmark Nomination for the African Burial Ground
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 4. Appendices. Appendix B Site Datum Points (2006)
Table of site datum points.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 4. Appendices. Appendix C Basic Burial Data (2006)
Table of basic burial data.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 4. Appendices. Appendix D Site Excavation Forms (2006)
Blank copies of the site excavation forms.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 4. Appendices. Appendix E Inventory of Non-Skeletal Material from Graves and Grave Shafts (2006)
Tables with non-skeletal material from graves. E.1. Inventory of Artifacts Catalog # -B Artifacts in direct association with skeletal remains Catalog # -CH[A, B, etc], -CW[A, B, etc.], -CL Coffin material, including hardware (H) and wood (W), and items from coffin lids Catalog # -GF Items from grave shaft fill Catalog # -SA[H, L], -SB, etc. Material recovered from soil samples, including heavy (H) and light (L) fractions E.2. Inventory of Shell and Coral E.3. Inventory of Seeds...
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 4. Appendices. Appendix F Analysis of Local Stoneware and Kiln Furniture from the Grave Shafts (2006)
Ceramic analysis report from the burial excavations.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 4. Appendices. Appendix G Specialized Analyses of Plant Remains (2006)
G.1. MACRO-BOTANICAL, PALYNOLOGY, AND PARASITOLOGY PILOT STUDY (New South Associates) G.2. POLLEN ANALYSIS (Gerald K. Kelso, Patricia Fall, and Lisa Lavold-Foote) G.3. MACRO-PLANT ANALYSIS (Leslie E. Raymer) G.4. HCI FLOTATION SUMMARY (William Sandy)
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 4. Appendices. Appendix H Lists of Tables and Fields in African Burial Ground Archaeological Database (2006)
The database is in Microsoft Access, file name “Alldata.” The structure is very simple. In general, the tables can be easily joined by matching the Burial number (the “FEAT” field in most tables), or the Catalog number, when creating queries or reports. Fields are not coded. Lists of values for an individual field can be obtained by running a query selecting the field or by sorting the table by the field.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 4. Appendices. Appendix I Stratigraphically Related Burials (Series Charts) (2006)
Figures related to the stratigraphy of related burials.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 4. Appendices. Appendix J Supplemental Coffin Data (2006)
J.1. COFFIN SIZE DATA J.2. COFFIN NAIL COUNTS
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 4. Appendices. Cover Page and Table of Contents (2006)
Front pages for Volume 4, including cover and table of contents.
The New York African Burial Ground Archives Project: A Report for the General Services Administration, Northeast and Caribbean Region, New York, New York (2009)
In 2003, the GSA, Northeast and Caribbean Region, sought assistance from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX) to assist with the archival processing of the associated records generated from investigations conducted at the New York African Burial Ground (ABG) in Manhattan, New York City. During the preliminary phases for the construction of a new building in 1991, archaeologists...
New York African Burial Ground History Final Report (2004)
The unearthing of the colonial cemetery known historically as the “Negroes Burying Ground” in Lower Manhattan in 1991 has given both scholars and the general public the opportunity to study and comprehend the broad dimensions of the African-American experience. The African Burial Ground and the remains contained within it provide a unique vantage point from which to view New York City’s Africans and their descendants over two centuries. As the final resting place for thousands of enslaved and...
New York African Burial Ground History Final Report. Front Matter, Table of Contents, and Introduction (2004)
Title page, table of contents, acknowledgments, and introduction of the history final report.
New York African Burial Ground History Final Report. Report and Bibliography (2004)
History report related to the archaeological work at the New York African Burial Ground. The unearthing of the colonial cemetery known historically as the “Negroes Burying Ground” in Lower Manhattan in 1991 has given both scholars and the general public the opportunity to study and comprehend the broad dimensions of the African- American experience. The African Burial Ground and the remains contained within it provide a unique vantage point from which to view New York City’s Africans and their...
New York African Burial Ground History Final Report. Table of Contents (2004)
The unearthing of the colonial cemetery known historically as the “Negroes Burying Ground” in Lower Manhattan in 1991 has given both scholars and the general public the opportunity to study and comprehend the broad dimensions of the African- American experience. The African Burial Ground and the remains contained within it provide a unique vantage point from which to view New York City’s Africans and their descendants over two centuries. As the final resting place for thousands of enslaved and...
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 1. Bibliography (2004)
Bibliography for the skeletal biology report.
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 1. Chapter 1. Introduction (2004)
The New York African Burial Ground (NYABG) was “rediscovered” in 1989 in the process of preparation for the construction of a proposed 34-story Federal office building by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) at 290 Broadway in New York City (Ingle et al. 1990). The site for the proposed building was once part of the African Burial Ground (ABG) that extended “from Chambers Street on the south to Duane Street on the north and from Centre Street on the east to Broadway on the west”...
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 1. Chapter 10. Osteological Indicators of Infectious Disease and Nutritional Inadequacy (2004)
The present chapter investigates the prevalence of infectious diseases and nutritional inadequacies in the New York African Burial Ground (NYABG) sample, as represented in bone. A broad range of skeletal indicators of pathology was assessed in the Cobb Laboratory. Diagnoses of specific diseases represented by skeletal indicators were usually attempted, as per the long-standing standards of paleopathologists. Data were also gathered in accord with the more strictly descriptive criteria of the new...
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 1. Chapter 11. Skeletal Indicators of Work: Musculoskeletal, Arthritic and Traumatic Effects (2004)
The types of bony changes studied in association with mechanical stress include: osteoarthritis, pressure facets, cortical thickness, fracture, and hypertrophy of tendinous and ligamentous attachment sites. While age is one component in the development of many of these markers, we believe that they mainly reflect the cumulative effects of mechanical stress rather than senile degeneration alone. This influence is supported by extensive experimental evidence of bone remodeling with increased...
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 1. Chapter 12. Subadult Growth and Development (2004)
Growth and developmental status is often used as an indicator of general health status at the population level. A brief review of literature regarding human skeletal growth and development indicates there are several methodologies for assessing these processes in human skeletal remains (Albert and Greene 1999; Flecker 1942; Goode et al. 1993; Gruelich and Pyle 1950; Hoppa 1992; Hoppa and Fitzgerald 1999; Hoppa and Gruspier 1996; Johnston and Zimmer, 1989; Livshits et al. 1998; Miles and Bulman...
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 1. Chapter 13. The Political Economy of Forced Migration: Sex Ratios, Mortality, Population, Growth and Fertility among Africans in Colonial New York (2004)
The number of Africans imported into the New York colony between 1700 and the eve of the Revolutionary War has been estimated to range between 6,800 and 7,400. The higher estimates are based on under counting of captives due to smuggling from New Jersey, and possibly other states, to avoid tariffs. According to Lydon (1978:382-383), the minimum estimate, based on extant records for the eighteenth century, includes approximately 2,800 people or 41 percent brought directly from Africa and 4,000...
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 1. Chapter 14. Discussion (2004)
The explanatory frameworks of this study are heavily influenced by our understanding of the historical expediencies of European economic exploitation and power, and the ways these imperatives came to be played out in the condition of Africans in the Atlantic World. Of course, imperatives of safety, profit, moral legitimacy and so forth were negotiated as Europeans wrestled with conditions they could not entirely control, including the needs and responses of Africans themselves. The “hows” and...
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 1. Chapter 2. History and Comparison of Bioarchaeological Studies in the African Diaspora (2004)
This chapter surveys the full range of bioarchaeological studies conducted on African diasporic sites in the Americas, thus providing a comparative context for the New York African Burial Ground (NYABG). Skeletal data on people of African descent living under diverse conditions throughout the Americas are described to serve as a basis for comparisons with the burials that are researched in the African Burial Ground Project. (ABGP). These earlier studies used theoretical approaches different...
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 1. Chapter 3. Theory: An Ethical Epistemology of Publicly Engaged Biocultural Research (2004)
The approach taken to the organization and interpretation of data from the African Burial Ground (ABG) involves four main elements. The ways in which these elements have guided the research are discussed this chapter. These theoretic principles can be generalized and extended to a broader range of research projects than our study of the New York African Burial Ground (NYABG).