Maritime Archeology of the Slave Trade: Past and Present Work, and Future Prospects

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2023

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Maritime Archeology of the Slave Trade: Past and Present Work, and Future Prospects," at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

This session will assess the state of the art of, and explore future directions for, maritime archeological scholarship and research on the slave trade by convening researchers whose past, ongoing, and/or prospective work has focused on this theme. Participants are invited to consider the contributions of their work in engaging with the legacies of slavery - how it is embedded in the structure of our modern economies, how our landscapes are shaped, how our social worlds are formed and our relationships are built — increasingly informing the tangible realities of everyday. Participants in this session are encouraged to present on topics critically assessing and engaging with the sub-discipline’s own legacies in order to consider the maritime archeology of the slave trade can be developed as a transformative and decolonizing social practice.

Other Keywords
Archeology • Slavery • Shipwrecks • Research • Ceramics • West Africa • Underwater • Diving • Landscape Archaeology • Heritage Tourism

Geographic Keywords
North America • PORTUGAL • Portuguese Republic (Country) • Portalegre (State / Territory) • Castelo Branco (State / Territory) • Braganca (State / Territory) • Guarda (State / Territory) • Vila Real (State / Territory) • Braga (State / Territory) • Beja (State / Territory)

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Documents
  1. African Enslaved Women: A Gendered Perspective of Maritime Archaeology (2023)
  2. An Assessment of an early 19th century AD Ceramic Assemblage from Mozambique Island (2023)
  3. Carolina Slave Trade and Enslavement: Exploring Black Sacred Spaces, Shipwrecks, Shipyards, and Shipping Records (2023)
  4. Clotilda: An Update on the Archaeological Investigations of the Last Known American Slave Ship (2023)
  5. Engaging the Present by Uncovering the Past – Underwater Survey and the Legacy of Enslavement, Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (2023)
  6. Maritime Archaeology and Slave Shipwrecks in Mauritius (2023)
  7. Maritime Archaeology and the Slave Trade Towards a Transformative Disciplinary Engagement Reflections from the Slave Wreck’s Project (2023)
  8. The Maritime Archaeology of a Slave Ship: Searching the Ship Camargo - Angra dos Reis - Brazil (2023)
  9. Maritime Cultural Landscapes of the Slave Trade in Lagos, Portugal (2023)
  10. Preliminary Results on the Archaeology of Slave Trade at Inhaca Island (2023)
  11. Revisiting Terrestrial And Maritime Cultural Landscapes In Coastal Sierra Leone (2023)
  12. The Struggle to Protect and Decolonize Mozambican Underwater Heritage of Global Interaction: Swahili, Slave Trade, and Indian Ocean (2023)
  13. Tangible and Intangible Voices: Listening to the Artifacts of the TransAtlantic Slave Trade (2023)
  14. Troubadour the Search, Discovery and Legacy of a Slave Ship (2023)
  15. We Are Stronger Together: Collaboration, the New Model for Research Projects. (2023)