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Landscapes of Alienation:
Author(s) -
Sayers Daniel O.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
transforming anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.325
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 1548-7466
pISSN - 1051-0559
DOI - 10.1525/tran.2007.15.2.149
Subject(s) - swamp , alienation , politics , archaeology , history , work (physics) , field (mathematics) , sociology , geography , anthropology , ethnology , ecology , political science , law , mechanical engineering , mathematics , biology , pure mathematics , engineering
As has been discussed in a previous companion piece in Transforming Anthropology , the Great Dismal Swamp in North Carolina and Virginia has a profoundly significant diasporan history. Between 1630 and 1865 thousands of maroons, enslaved canal company laborers, and disenfranchised Native Americans lived within the morass and formed communities while developing longterm political‐economic systems. The Great Dismal Swamp Landscape Study has been initiated to explore the archaeological landscapes of these alienated diasporans. This somewhat personalized report combines discussions of some of the author's experiences doing swamp work, the field methods used and models developed to recover information about exiles in the swamp, and the archaeological finds of three seasons of fieldwork (2003–6).