Assessing Heritage Resources in St. Croix Post-Hurricanes Irma and Maria

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2292964
AutoresJustin P Dunnavant, Justin Dunnavant (0000-0002-5640-7251, University of California, Santa Cruz, autor de correspondencia), Ayana Omilade Flewellen (0000-0002-1903-8100, University of California, Berkeley), Alexandra Jones (0000-0003-2929-4746), Alicia Odewale (University of Tulsa), W A White (0000-0001-7037-7303, University of California, Berkeley), William White (0000-0001-7035-1189)
Año2018
Volumen26
Número2
Páginas157-172
Fecha de publicación2018-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTransforming Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1051-0559 • E-ISSN: 1548-7466
EditorialUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1111/traa.12130
OpenAlexW2893801135
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas12

In the summer of 2017, we, as members of the Society of Black Archaeologists (SBA), initiated a sustainable archaeological project on the island of St. Croix in collaboration with several local and international partners. Only a few months later, Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated much of the US Virgin Islands causing substantial loss in life and property, widespread displacement, damage to infrastructure, and negative impacts to important historical landscapes and heritage resources. This article outlines the effects of hurricane damage on African diaspora heritage sites in St. Croix and our response as Black archaeologists committed to community empowerment. Learning from the recent events, we offer recommendations for standardized methods of site documentation that can be adopted by archaeologists and heritage professionals working in the circum-Caribbean to better assess site damage and develop protective conservation techniques before major catastrophic events

Archaeology · Coastal and Marine Dynamics · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research · Geology · Oceanography