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An Archaeology of Community Life: Appalachia, 1865–1920

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Archaeology has the potential to contribute significant information about community building in the lives of former enslaved laborers. In this article, I consider the role of race and racism in the creation, maintenance and material manifestation of community in post-emancipation Appalachia.

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Acknowledgments

Theorizing community along Brown Mountain Creek began in a course on Community Archaeology taught by Joan Gero in the Department of Anthropology at American University. I am grateful to Joan and Lisa Holly Robbins for encouraging me to consider how community can be seen archaeologically. Research was supported by the Bell Fellowship, awarded by the Forest History Society, Durham, NC; a Mellon Research Grant, awarded by the College of Arts and Sciences, American University, Washington, DC; the Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowship, awarded by the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA; and a Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid, awarded by Sigma Xi, a scientific research society, Research Triangle Park, NC. Thanks to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, the Appalachian Trail Park Office, George Tolley, Bob Fener, Dan Hicks, Brett Williams, Kelly Ernst, and Dave Gadsby for their guidance and encouragement and to Anna Agbe-Davies and Lori Lee for reading drafts of this article. Finally, without the Appalachian Trail Clubs, American University students, and other volunteers this project could not have happened.

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Barnes, J.A. An Archaeology of Community Life: Appalachia, 1865–1920. Int J Histor Archaeol 15, 669–706 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-011-0164-8

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