Archaeology of Marginalization and Resilience in the Northeast

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Archaeology of Marginalization and Resilience in the Northeast," at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Historical archaeology in the northeastern United States has a long and vibrant history of identifying and interpreting material histories of communities marginalized by racism and other intersecting forms of violence. Papers in the session add new sites and analyses to this body of work. The focus remains on recovering information about the lives of those ignored, deliberately obscured, and harmed by the dominant society to understand their social positions as well as their resiliency despite living through difficult conditions. These case studies demonstrate many different ways people and communities established solid ground to stand on and advance their interests. These acts provide valuable insight into the strategies used to undermine social violence as well as ways American identities formed on the margins.