The archaeology of black Americans in recent times

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2005, Pages 575-598

  Leone, Mark P ^a   LaRoche, Cheryl Janifer ^a,b   Babiarz, Jennifer J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

African diaspora; Gender; Maroon; Race

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DIASPORA; GENDER ROLE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; RACE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27844438569     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.34.081804.120417     Document Type: Review

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