The Contributions of Archaeology to the Story of the African World

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Deepening Archaeology's Engagement with Black Studies" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Archaeology has much to offer Black Studies, and in turn, Black Studies has much to offer the archaeology of Africa and the African diaspora. In concert, these fields of inquiry hold the potential to enhance our understanding of history and culture in the African world and uplift archaeology as a field that is more relevant to contemporary concerns. As such, our derived insights, new questions, and interpretations can serve as tools of social justice, frameworks for counternarratives and histories, and foundations for more holistic explanations. A closer look at two archaeological sites, Kunta Kinteh Island in The Gambia, West Africa, and Nicodemus, Kansas, USA, can shed light on the benefits of a deeper engagement between Black historical and contemporary studies, social activism, and archaeological questions and data.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Deepening Archaeology's Engagement with Black Studies   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 37658.0