Current Perspectives on the Archaeology of African Slavery in Latin America.

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- About the Editors -- Chapter 1 Archaeology, Slavery, and Marronage: A Complex Relationship -- Chapter 2 Maroon and Leftist Praxis in Historical Archaeology -- Historical Maroons and Marronage -- Some Implications of the Praxis Focus -- Implications of Marronage for Leftist Archaeologies -- Denouement -- References -- Chapter 3 Archaeology of Slavery in the Province of Neiva, Colombia -- Nueva Granada and the Province of Neiva -- Slaves in the Province of Neiva -- The Slaves in the Haciendas -- Slaves-Artisans in Farms -- Work in Brickworks -- Potters -- Dwelling -- Wardrobe -- Feeding -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 The Archeology of Slave Branding in Cuba -- Introduction -- A Well-Established Practice -- Entry Branding -- Permission Branding -- Marks of Ownership -- Sovereignty and the Slave System -- The Symbol Not Chosen -- References -- Sources -- Chapter 5 Slavery, Conflicts, and Archaeology in Eighteenth-Century Minas Gerais, Brazil -- The Brazilian Context -- The Minas Gerais Context -- Quilombos -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 When All Bases Are Flat: Central Africans and Situated Practices in the Eighteenth-Century Brazil -- Introduction -- A Type of African Pottery -- From Africa to Brazil -- A Type of Brazilian Pottery -- Situated Practices -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 Cultural Creativity, Rebellions, and Comparative Questions for Afro-Brazilian Archaeology -- Introduction -- Social Innovations in Afro-Brazil -- Comparative Studies of North American Escape Community Sites -- Traces of Petit Marronage in North America -- Legacies of Rebellion Communities in North America -- Conclusion: Potential Research Questions and Heritage Politics -- References -- Chapter 8 Marronage and the Dialectics of Spatial Sovereignty in Colonial Jamaica.

The Maroons of Jamaica -- Temporary Freedoms: The Concept of Petit Marronage -- Freedom in Full Site: Field Houses and Spatial Sovereignty -- Conclusion -- References -- Manuscript Sources -- Index.

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