An ethical framework for geophysical survey in historic Black cemeteries

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ID9354306
AutoresSarah Lowry (0009-0003-7265-8194, New South Associates, Inc. Greensboro North Carolina USA, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume31
Fascículo4
Páginas419-428
Data de publicação2024-03-08
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArchaeological Prospection (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1075-2196 • E-ISSN: 1099-0763
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/arp.1924
OpenAlexW4392590780
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas19

Historic Black cemeteries in the south‐eastern United States are actively threatened by development, neglect, environmental degradation and vandalism. Geophysical archaeological tools are often championed as a solution to document unmarked graves, determine cemetery boundaries and help preserve these spaces. This process can be problematic as geophysical instruments themselves do not find graves; rather, the data collected are reviewed by a skilled professional to interpret where graves might be present. Archaeological geophysical practitioners thus hold a great responsibility to conduct themselves in an ethical manner. Important considerations include archaeological ethics, professionalism and honest communication, as well as centring the needs of preservation within the communities of descendants and stakeholders, if possible, in the way we process, interpret and communicate results

Archaeology · Geography · Geophysical survey · Neglect · Process (computing · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Psychology · Geology · Geophysics