Current Perspectives on the Archaeology of African Slavery in Latin America

140 Pages·2015·4.88 MB·English

by  Pedro Paulo A. Funari

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Current Perspectives on the
Archaeology of African
Slavery in Latin America
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Editors
PedroPauloA.Funari CharlesE.OrserJr.
Depto.Historia VanderbiltUniversity
UniversidadeEstadualdeCampinasInst. Nashville
FilosofiaeCiênciasHumanas Tennessee
Campinas USA
SãoPaulo
Brazil
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Inthefirstplace,wewouldliketothankallthecontributorsofthisbookfortheirvery
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Contents
1 Archaeology,Slavery,andMarronage:AComplexRelationship ..... 1
PedroPauloA.FunariandCharlesE.Orser
2 MaroonandLeftistPraxisinHistoricalArchaeology............... 5
DanielO.Sayers
3 ArchaeologyofSlaveryintheProvinceofNeiva,Colombia.......... 23
MaríaAngélicaSuazaEspañol
4 TheArcheologyofSlaveBrandinginCuba........................ 45
LúcioMenezesFerreiraandGabinoLaRosa
5 Slavery, Conflicts, andArchaeologyinEighteenth-CenturyMinas
Gerais,Brazil.................................................. 61
CarlosMagnoGuimarães,CamilaFernandesdeMoraisandLuísade
AssisRoedel
6 WhenAllBasesAreFlat:CentralAfricansandSituatedPractices
intheEighteenth-CenturyBrazil................................. 77
MarcosAndréT.Souza
7 CulturalCreativity,Rebellions,andComparativeQuestions
forAfro-BrazilianArchaeology .................................. 99
ChristopherC.Fennell
8 MarronageandtheDialecticsofSpatialSovereignty
inColonialJamaica ............................................ 117
KristenR.FellowsandJamesA.Delle
Index ............................................................ 133
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Contributors
MarcosAndréT.Souza DepartmentofAnthropologyandArchaeology,Universi-
dadeFederaldeMinasGerais,BeloHorizonte,Brazil
GabinoLaRosa UniversityofHavana,Havana,Cuba
UnióndeEscritoiresyArtistasdeCuba,Havana,Cuba
AcademiadelaHistoriandeCuba,Havana,Cuba
JamesA.Delle CollegeofArtsandSciences,ShippensburgUniversityofPennsyl-
vania,Shippensburg,PA,USA
Kristen R. Fellows Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Dakota
StateUniversity,Fargo,ND,USA
Christopher C. Fennell Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois,
Urbana,IL,USA
Lúcio Menezes Ferreira Department ofAnthropology andArchaeology, Federal
UniversityofPelotas,RioGrandedoSul,Brazil
HumanSciencesInstitute,FederalUniversityofPelotas,RioGrandedoSul,Brazil
BrazilianCouncilforScientificandTechnologicalResearch,CNPq,Brasilia,Brazil
Pedro Paulo A. Funari Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais—NEPAM,
UniversidadeEstadualdeCampinas—Unicamp,Campinas,SP,Brazil
CarlosMagnoGuimarães DepartmentofAnthropologyandArchaeology,Labo-
ratóriodeArqueologiadaFaculdadedeFilosofiaeCiênciasHumanas,Universidade
FederaldeMinasGerais,BeloHorizonte,Brazil
Camila Fernandes de Morais Laboratório de Arqueologia da Faculdade de
Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo
Horizonte,Brazil
CharlesE.Orser DepartmentofAnthropology,VanderbiltUniversity, Nashville,
TN,USA
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x Contributors
Luísa de Assis Roedel Laboratório de Arqueologia da Faculdade de Filosofia e
CiênciasHumanas,UniversidadeFederaldeMinasGerais,BeloHorizonte,Brazil
DanielO.Sayers DepartmentofAnthropology,AmericanUniversity,Washington,
DC,USA
María Angélica Suaza Español Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia
(ENAH),CiudaddeMéxico,México
About the Editors
PedroPauloA.Funari isprofessorofhistoricalarchaeologyattheUniversityof
Campinas,Brazil,formerWorldArchaeologicalCongresssecretary,authoranded-
itorofseveralbooks,suchasHistoricalArchaeology,BackfromtheEdge(London,
Routledge, 1999), GlobalArchaeologicalTheory(NewYork, Springer, 2005), and
MemoriesfromDarkness:ArchaeologyofRepressionandResistanceinLatinAmer-
ica (NewYork, Springer, 2009), with fieldwork in Brazil, England, Wales, Spain,
and Italy (several in each country). Funari is a member of the editorial boards of
severaljournals,notablytheInternationalJournalofHistoricalArchaeology(New
York), JournalofMaterialCulture(London), PublicArchaeology (London, UCL)
andisrefereeinseveralotherjournals,likeCurrentAnthropology.Funarihaspub-
lishedpapersinmostprestigiousjournals,suchasHistoricalArchaeology,Current
Anthropology,Archaeologies,RévueArchéologique,Antiquity,AmericanAntiquity,
andAmericanJournalofArchaeology,andhaseditedarchaeologicalencyclopedias.
CharlesE.OrserJr. iscurrentlyaresearchprofessoratVanderbiltUniversity.Heis
ananthropologicallytrainedhistoricalarchaeologistwhoworksinpost-Columbian
history, “modern-world archaeology.” His primary research interests lie in social
theory,thearchaeologicalanalysisofsocialinequality,andthematerialconditions
ofmodernity.Hisresearchactivitiesconcentrateonthedispossessedandoverlooked
in history and to date he has investigated NativeAmerican (American Plains and
Midwest),African(AmericanSouthandBrazil),andIrishmaterialconditions(Re-
publicofIreland).HeisthefounderandeditorofInternationalJournalofHistorical
Archaeologyandtheauthorofseveralbooksonhistoricalarchaeology.
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Chapter 1
Archaeology, Slavery, and Marronage:
A Complex Relationship
PedroPauloA.FunariandCharlesE.Orser
Sinceitsinceptioninthenineteenthcentury,archaeologyhasbeenassociatedwith
nationalistandimperialistendeavors.Itspractitioners,bothprofessionalandavoca-
tional,havebeenpronetotakepartintheeulogyoftheelites.Archaeologywasborn
inanenvironmentinwhichtheancientartworksofantiquitywerevaluedfortheir
beautyanduniqueness.Thecollectionofrareworksofarthasbeenanaristocratic
activitysincetheRenaissance.Formanyyears,archaeologistswerehappytosupply
museumgalleriesandthehomesofthewealthywithbeautifulobjectsfromthepast.
Inthewakeofthedevelopmentofthemodernuniversitysystem,withitsspecial-
ized, enlightenedfaculty, manyofwhomhadawillingnessanddesiretoservethe
newbourgeoisnation-state,archaeologywasasideeffectofphilologyandhistory.
Archaeologistsservedthestateinthesearchfortheancientrootsofnewlyestablished
nations,insideandoutsideofitsterritory,howeverdefined.Napoleonisperhapsthe
best expression of this early phase, inventing the French heritage inside the coun-
try(theGauls)andoutside(startingwiththeancientEgyptians). Champollionisa
goodexampleofarchaeology’searlyassociationwithnationalism,imperialism,and
philology. In deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, he supported the imperial
conquestofEgyptandhelpedappropriateanancientcivilizationforFrenchimperial
power.
In the quest to use archaeology in the service of the state, excavators and re-
searchersignoredthevastmajorityofpeoplewhohadlivedinthepast.Castingtheir
eyesonlyontheelitesofsociety,theyhadnoroomforthe“lowerorders,”suchas
theslavebuildersofthepyramids.
P.P.A.Funari((cid:2))
NúcleodeEstudosePesquisasAmbientais—NEPAM,UniversidadeEstadualde
Campinas—Unicamp,RuadosFlamboyants,155CidadeUniversitáriaZeferinoVaz,
Campinas,SP13083-867,Brazil
e-mail:[email protected]
C.E.Orser
DepartmentofAnthropology,VanderbiltUniversity,VUStationB#356050,
2301VanderbiltPlace,Nashville,TN37235,USA
e-mail:[email protected]
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