Black Studies and Archaeology

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Black Studies and Archaeology," at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Insights from Black Feminist Perspectives, Black Geographies, and Critical Race Theory have offered renewed insights into the interpretation of historic sites and in some cases, restructured the manner in which archaeology is conducted. While interest in African diasporic archaeology continues to rise, African and African Diaspora Studies theorizations have not fully been applied or integrated within the fabric of archaeological epistemology, pedagogy, and methodology. Building off of the growing literature in African and African Diaspora Studies, this panel explores the ways in which scholars are currently using theoretical and practical applications of African and African Diaspora Studies to inform their archaeological research. Moreover, we explore what Black Studies has to offer to the wider field of archaeology as a discipline.