A struggle for heritage : archaeology and civil rights in a Long Island community /

Based on ten years of collaborative, community-based research, this book examines the history of race and racism in a mixed-heritage Native American and African American community on Long Island's North Shore, demonstrating how archaeology can be an activist voice for a vulnerable population�...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Matthews, Christopher N., 1965- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]
Series:	Cultural heritage studies.
Subjects:	Excavations (Archaeology) > New York (State) > Setauket. Civil rights > New York (State) > Setauket > History. Setauket (N.Y.) > History. Long Island (N.Y.) > History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: A Long Time Coming
How History Controls the Past
A Counter-Map of Setauket
From Creole Synthesis to Racial Modernity
Archaeological Histories of the Silas Tobias and Jacob and Hannah Hart Sites
Material Histories and the Dynamics of Racism in Setauket
Conclusion: Resistance, History, and Civil Rights