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Historical Archaeology is the study of humans in the past that through artifacts, that overlaps with recorded history. Historical archaeologists look at both the material uncovered by archaeologists, as well as historical records in order to make guesses about what happened in the past with the information found. Historical Archaeology is often done by two main groups: professionals and academics
History[change | change source]
Historical archaeologists use many of the same methods of study that other archaeologists do, but they often focus on the recent past. Historical archaeology started mostly in the United States in order to study what has happened since the arrival of Europeans. Many of the first historical archaeology projects were done in sites that were related to Colonial America.[1] Since then, historical archaeology has gone on to cover many different areas of study both theoretical and geographical which are covered below.
Theoretical approaches[change | change source]
Common theoretical approaches that historical archaeologists use include:
Marxism[change | change source]
This theoretical work draws on the works of German philosopher Karl Marx. It is popular in the field because it thinks about the importance of power and class. In historical archaeology this is useful for studying issues such as labor and studies have been done in sites of labor conflict such as Ludlow, Colorado[2] and Mono Mills, California[3]
Feminism and Indigenous thought[change | change source]
Feminist movements made their way into the work of many historical archaeologists by making the research of historical archaeologists more about gender, sexuality, and reproduction. There has also been inclusion of the thought of indigenous peoples to make archaeological theory less colonial[4][5]. These types of studies have been done at places such as plantations [6] as well as in colonial San Francisco [7]
Heritage and Community[change | change source]
Historical archaeologists that do these things usually try to get people in the community much more involved in the archaeological projects they are working on and preserving heritage for future generations[8]. This also means preserving buildings that are architecturally significant.
Geographical Distribution[change | change source]
Historical archaeology is strongest in North America where it began. In the United States studies that are popular include African diaspora in the American South[9] and Northeast, Asian diaspora in the West[10], and Colonial America in the Northeast.[11] Historical archaeology has now spread to all other parts of the world but is strongest in North America, Latin America, and other colonized areas.[12]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Little, Barbara (2007). Historical Archaeology: Why the Past Matters. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.
- ↑ McGuire, Randall (2009). The Archaeology of Class War. Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado.
- ↑ Sunseri, C.K. (2020). "2020 Archaeologies of Working-Class Culture and Collective Action". International Journal of Historic Archaeology. 24: 183–202.
- ↑ Laluk; et al. (2022). "Archaeology and Social Justice in Native America". American Antiquity. 87(4): 659–682.
{{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|last=(help) - ↑ Townsend, R; Sampeck, K; Watrell (E). "Digital Archaeology and the Living Cherokee Landscape". International Journal of Historical Archaeology. 24: 969–988.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ Barnes, Jodi (2021). "Behind the Scenes of Hollywood: An Archaeology of Reproductive Oppression at the Intersections". American Anthropologist. 123: 9–35.
{{cite journal}}: line feed character in|title=at position 63 (help) - ↑ Voss, Barbara (2008). "Domesticating Imperialism: Sexual Politics and the Archaeology of Empire". American Anthropologist. 110(2): 191–203.
- ↑ Miroff, Laurie, E; Versaggi, Nina, M (2020). "Community Archaeology at the Trowel's Edge". Advances in Archaeological Practice. 8(4): 398–408.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Flewellen, Ayana Omilade (2022). "Dress and Labor: An Intersectional Interpretation of Clothing and Adornment
Artifacts Recovered from the Levi Jordan Plantation". Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress. 18(2): 200–234.
{{cite journal}}: line feed character in|title=at position 76 (help) - ↑ Fong, Kelly 方少芳; Ng 伍穎華, Laura W; Lee 李紫瑄, Jocelyn; Peterson 孫美華, Veronica L.; Voss, Barbara L. (2022). "Race and Racism in Archaeologies of Chinese American Communities". Annual Review of Archaeology. 51: 233–250.
- ↑ Deetz, James (1996). In Small Things Forgotten. Garden City: Anchor Press.
- ↑ Fracchia, Adam (2020). Oser, Charles; Zarankin, Andrés; Funari, Pedro Paulo; Lawrence, Susan; Symonds, James (eds.). "A brief History of Historical Archaeology". In The Routledge Handbook of Global Historical Archaeology.