Ethnic Studies
Race and ethnicity are cultural constructs that have almost no correlates in real human physical attributes. Nonetheless, they are cultural differences, and there is material culture evidence of people's self-defined ethnicity.
African-American Archaeology Newsletter
An electronic newsletter on sites dealing with the African-American presence in the Americas, from New South Associates (you'll have to scroll down some).
An electronic newsletter on sites dealing with the African-American presence in the Americas, from New South Associates (you'll have to scroll down some).
Ethnicity: Why Archaeology is a Semi-Soft Science
Ethnicity is one of those concepts that was tailor-made to doom archaeology as a "soft" science. The concept of ethnicity is strictly a cultural construct: there is simply no physical--no quantifiable--evidence that ethnic groups are much different from one another.
Ethnicity is one of those concepts that was tailor-made to doom archaeology as a "soft" science. The concept of ethnicity is strictly a cultural construct: there is simply no physical--no quantifiable--evidence that ethnic groups are much different from one another.
Celebrating African-American Archeology and History
From SEAC, a collection of sites on the history of African peoples in the Americas.
From SEAC, a collection of sites on the history of African peoples in the Americas.
Ethnicity, Race and the Atlantic Slave Trade
"A theoretical framework for the study of ethnicity in the post-medieval period of Britain," an article by Dan Hicks in the Assemblage.
"A theoretical framework for the study of ethnicity in the post-medieval period of Britain," an article by Dan Hicks in the Assemblage.
Unpacking on the Prairie
An exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution on the material culture of Jewish women in the upper Midwestern US.
An exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution on the material culture of Jewish women in the upper Midwestern US.