Over the last two decades, the archaeological investigation of African American cemeteries has become a contentious issue. Oftentimes, the archaeologists are at odds with the African American community over how these types of excavations should be conducted and what role the public should play in them. The goal of this work is to explore the reasons why this has become so, in addition to suggesting ways to fix this problem in the future. The author conducted seven interviews with eight individuals. A total of five of the individuals were archaeologists who had excavated African American cemeteries while the remaining three individuals were African Americans who had been members of communities in which African American cemeteries were excavated. The purpose of the interviews was to see both sides of the issue, archaeologist and non-archaeologist, in order to better understand where each side was coming from. With these interview data, a synthesis between the two sides can then be created. Hopefully, by better understanding what each side is trying to accomplish in the excavation, the relationship between archaeologists and non-archaeologists involved in the excavation of African American cemeteries can be improved. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Anthropology in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Master of Sciences. / Degree Awarded: Fall Semester, 2005. / Date of Defense: December 13, 2005. / African American Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Archaeology, Cemetery Excavation, Public Archaeology / Includes bibliographical references. / Glen Doran, Professor Directing Thesis; Maxine Jones, Outside Committee Member; Rochelle Marrinan, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_168772 |
| Contributors | Eberwine, James Joseph (authoraut), Doran, Glen (professor directing thesis), Jones, Maxine (outside committee member), Marrinan, Rochelle (committee member), Department of Anthropology (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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