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Bioarchaeology of the African Diaspora in the Americas: Its Origins and Scope

Blakey, Michael L.·2001·Annual Review of Anthropology
DOI 10.1146/annurev.anthro.30.1.387
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▪ Abstract The results of over 70 years of African Diasporic bioarchaeology are discussed and explained as emerging from distinct interests and traditions of African Diasporan studies, sociocultural anthropology, history, physical anthropology, and archaeology, in that chronological order. Physical anthropology is the core discipline of African-American bioarchaeology, yet it has been the least informed by cultural and historical literatures. Forensic approaches to bioarchaeology construct a past that fails to be either cultural or historical, while biocultural approaches are emerging that construct a more human history of African Diasporic communities. The involvement of African Americans, both as clients and as sources of scholarship, has begun to transform bioarchaeology as in the example of the New York African Burial Ground. The social history of the field examined here emphasizes the scholarship of diasporans themselves, and critiques a bioarchaeology that, until recently, has had little relevance to the people whose history bioarchaeologists construct.

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  • Mortuary archaeology has provided a wealth of data on how African Americans and enslaved Africans of the past dressed and adorned themselves.

    “Mortuary archaeology has provided a wealth of data on how African Americans and enslaved Africans of the past dressed and adorned themselves (Davidson, 2014;Blakey, 2001;Bianco et al., 2006;McCarthy, 1997;Armstrong & Fleischman, 2003;Owens, 2000).”

    From Dress and Labor: An Intersectional Interpretation of Clothing and Adornment Artifacts Recovered from the Levi Jordan Plantation (2022) · cites this paper as Blakey, 2001

  • It is rare to find whole pendants, a matching set of earrings, or a complete, strung necklace at archaeological sites.

    “It is rare to find whole pendants, a matching set of earrings, or a complete, strung necklace.”

    From Dress and Labor: An Intersectional Interpretation of Clothing and Adornment Artifacts Recovered from the Levi Jordan Plantation (2022) · cites this paper as Blakey, 2001

  • Jewelry artifacts are often recovered in less frequency at archaeological sites.

    “Jewelry artifacts are often recovered in less frequency at archaeological sites (White, 2005;Blakey, 2001;Davidson, 2014).”

    From Dress and Labor: An Intersectional Interpretation of Clothing and Adornment Artifacts Recovered from the Levi Jordan Plantation (2022) · cites this paper as Blakey, 2001

  • Blakey (2001) laid out the contrast between forensic and biocultural approaches in African Diasporic bioarchaeology.

    “In describing the emergence of an African Diasporic bioarchaeology, Blakey (2001) laid out the contrast between forensic and biocultural approaches.”

    From African American Archaeology, for Now (2022) · cites this paper as Blakey 2001

  • Blakey (2001) explained the significance of the ever-greater prominence of African Americans as clients and producers of bioarchaeological scholarship.

    “He also explained the significance of the ever-greater prominence of African Americans as clients and producers of bioarchaeological scholarship.”

    From African American Archaeology, for Now (2022) · cites this paper as Blakey 2001

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Authors
Blakey, M. L.
Venue
Annual Review of Anthropology
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Published
2001-10
Volume
30
Issue
1
Pages
387-422
ISSN
  • 0084-6570
  • 1545-4290
DOI
10.1146/annurev.anthro.30.1.387
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