Landscapes of Alienation

An Archaeological Report of Excursions in the Great Dismal Swamp

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ID2972775
AutoresDaniel O Sayers (0000-0003-4164-9036, William & Mary, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume15
Fascículo2
Páginas149-157
Data de publicação2007-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTransforming Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1051-0559 • E-ISSN: 1548-7466
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/tran.2007.15.2.149
OpenAlexW2075098392
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas4

As has been discussed in a previous companion piece in Transforming Anthropology, the Great Dismal Swamp in North Carolina and Virginia has a profoundly significant diasporan history. Between 1630 and 1865 thousands of maroons, enslaved canal company laborers, and disenfranchised Native Americans lived within the morass and formed communities while developing longterm political-economic systems. The Great Dismal Swamp Landscape Study has been initiated to explore the archaeological landscapes of these alienated diasporans. This somewhat personalized report combines discussions of some of the author's experiences doing swamp work, the field methods used and models developed to recover information about exiles in the swamp, and the archaeological finds of three seasons of fieldwork (2003–6)

Alienation · Archaeology · Ethnology · Field (mathematics · Geography · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Swamp · Work (physics · American Environmental and Regional History · American History and Culture · Anthropology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Law · Ecology