Maroon archaeology (Other Keyword)

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Elusive Forever?: Maroon Archaeology and the Practicality of Least Cost Networks (2022)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Tara Skipton.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In the late-eighteenth century, during the Spanish control of colonial Louisiana, several Maroon settlements surrounding New Orleans reached its pinnacle in terms of expanse, population, and permanence. However, due to the challenging environments and elusive nature of these sites, no one has located these settlements...


For Whom Are We Searching? Issues and Ethics of Maroon Site Location in the Southeastern United States (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Tara Skipton. Jordan Davis.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The archaeology of maroon societies and marronage has provided crucial insight for broader studies of the African Diaspora around the world. However, few comparative approaches have addressed the southeastern United States, where marronage manifested across a multitude of environmental, historical, and sociopolitical contexts. In part, this is due to...


Maroon Ritual Belongings Excavated on Gulf Coast Florida (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Uzi Baram.

This is an abstract from the "Seeking Freedom in the Borderlands: Archaeological Perspectives on Maroon Societies in Florida" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Nearly erased from history, the early nineteenth-century marronage of Angola on the Manatee River is now established as part of the Network to Freedom in Florida. Recent excavations provide a view of daily life for the freedom-seeking people. Allied with British filibusters, connected to...


Reconstructing “Negro Fort”: A Geophysical Investigation of the Citadel at Prospect Bluff (8FR64) (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Jeffrey Shanks. Dawn Lawrence. Andrew McFeaters.

This is an abstract from the "Seeking Freedom in the Borderlands: Archaeological Perspectives on Maroon Societies in Florida" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In 1814, the British began construction of a large fort on a site known as Prospect Bluff on the Apalachicola River. There they trained a corps of Colonial Marines made up primarily of freedom seekers and maroons of African descent who fought in the War of 1812. The heart of the fort was a...