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This article examines archaeological studies of the cultural heritage and social dynamics of African descendant populations in the United States and Canada from AD 1400 through 1865. European colonial enterprises expanded in Africa and the Americas during that time span, effecting an accompanying movement of free and captive Africans into North America. Archaeological investigations of early African America are remarkable for the diversity of analytic scales and research questions pursued. This diversity of research efforts has yielded a highly productive, interdisciplinary expansion of knowledge concerning African diaspora histories.
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My sincere thanks to editors Gary Feinman and Douglas Price; editorial assistant Linda Nicholas; peer reviewers Whitney Battle-Baptiste, Mark Groover, Charles E. Orser, Jr., Robert Paynter, and Mark Warner; and two anonymous reviewers. I am also grateful for comments by Christopher Espenshade, Leland Ferguson, and J. W. Joseph.
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Fennell, C.C. Early African America: Archaeological Studies of Significance and Diversity. J Archaeol Res 19, 1–49 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10814-010-9042-x
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