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Slave Archaeology

Slave Archaeology is a subfield of historical archaeology that focuses on the material remains, built environments, and landscapes associated with systems of slavery and enslaved populations, particularly in connection with the transatlantic slave trade and plantation economies, in order to reconstruct the social, economic, and cultural dimensions of enslaved life and labor.

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157

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95

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2017–2026

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Archaeology Of Slavery

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111

The Archaeology of warfare: prehistories of raiding and conquest

Choice Reviews Online · 2007 · 278 citations

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Investigating Identity and Life Histories: Isotopic Analysis and Historical Documentation of Slave Skeletons Found on the Cape Town Foreshore, South Africa

Glenda Cox, Judith Sealy · International Journal of Historical Archaeology · 1997 · 188 citations

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The Archaeology of Slavery in North America

Theresa A. Singleton · Annual Review of Anthropology · 1995 · 164 citations

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The Archaeology of Slavery and Plantation Life

Jeanette E. Stephens, Theresa A. Singleton · Journal of American History · 1986 · 159 citations

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How unique is the Udachnaya-East kimberlite? Comparison with kimberlites from the Slave Craton (Canada) and SW Greenland

Vadim S. Kamenetsky, Maya Kamenetsky, Yakov Weiss et al. · Lithos · 2009 · 140 citations · Full text

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Authors

157

  1. JS
    Jerome S. Handler

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    5 publications · 263 citations

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  2. CE
    Charles E. Orser

    Illinois State University, United States

    5 publications · 344 citations

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  3. TA
    Theresa A. Singleton

    Syracuse University, United States

    5 publications · 456 citations

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  4. JW
    Jane Webster

    Queen's University, Canada

    4 publications · 220 citations

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  5. AY
    Anne Yentsch

    Boston University, United States

    3 publications · 140 citations

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Institutions

95

  1. Newcastle University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    160 citations

  2. Geological Survey of Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    195 citations

  3. Illinois State University

    Normal, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    93 citations

  4. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    139 citations

  5. University of Ghana

    Accra, Ghana

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    63 citations

  6. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    111 citations

  7. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    380 citations

  8. National Museum of Natural History

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    380 citations

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  1. World Archaeology

    9 publications · 643 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 9 publications · 722 citations

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  4. Historical Archaeology

    5 publications · 271 citations

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