CHAPTER 3 Archaeological Visibility of Afro - American Culture : An ' Example from Black Lucy ' s Garden , Andover , Massachusetts 1 VERNON
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The persistence of African cultural traits among Black Americans has long been recognized. Elements of present-day Afro-American speech, music, dance, and diet have been identified as African in origin (e.g ., Blassingame 1972; Garrett 1966; Lomax 1970). It is likely that during the 18th and 19th centuries such elements were more pronounced than today. As Blassingame writes: "The most remarkable aspect of the whole process of enslavement is the extent to which the American-born slaves were able to retain their ancestors' culture" (1972: 39). In this paper I discuss the tangible, material ways in which Afro-American culture of the late 18th and 19th centuries may be visible in the archaeological record. My premise is that domestic sites of known Black occupancy will reveal patterns of material culture distinctive of Afro-American behavior. Attention is focused upon the habitation site of Lucy Foster, a freed Black woman who lived in Andover, Massachusetts during the early-mid-19th century.
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