A counter-archaeology of labor and leisure in Setauket, New York

Bibliographic Data

ID3918904
AuthorsBradley D Phillippi (Hofstra University), Christopher N Matthews (0000-0002-4570-7929, Montclair State University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume49
Issue3
Pages357-371
Publication date2017-05-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.2017.1333924
OpenAlexW2625479925
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited36

Setauket, New York, a small village on Long Island, has a historical narrative connecting it to the fabric of colonial and early America. Historic sites and structures in Setauket provide the setting for this narrative and support its tourist industry. Additionally, an important minority community comprised of the descendants of colonized Native Americans and enslaved Africans has concrete connections to Setauket’s past. Despite their documented and physical presence, Native Americans and African Americans have been almost entirely left out of local history. The descendant community actively countered their historical marginalization by collaborating with archaeologists to recover aspects of their heritage in the village. This research has developed a counter-narrative that not only returns non-whites to historic white spaces, but explains how non-whites were removed from these spaces through a process of segregation tied to the creation of a leisure economy

Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Descendant · Ethnology · Genealogy · Narrative · Sociology · Tourism · White (mutation · American Environmental and Regional History · American History and Culture · Anthropology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History