The Oxford handbook of the comparative archaeology of slavery / edited by Mark Paul Leone and Jane Louise Webster.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leone, Mark P., editor.

Webster, Jane, 1963- editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks online.

Oxford handbooks online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--History.

Slavery.

Slavery--Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2026.

Summary:

Across the globe today, hundreds of archaeologists are engaged in the study of slavery and its contemporary legacies. Many work collaboratively at times, either in the field or in the lab, but for the most part, these researchers tend to operate in sub-disciplinary silos whose parameters are defined both temporally and geographically. 'The Oxford Handbook of the Comparative Archaeology of Slavery' is an experiment in another way of working; its 75 expert contributors from across the globe have crossed the boundaries that define but can also constrain us, entering each other's worlds and asking what a comparative approach to enslavement in different times and in different places might offer the archaeological explorer. The contributors' dialogic, diachronic working practices have yielded a unique exploration of what was shared, and what was not, by different systems and practices of enslavement in the past.

Contents:

Introduction: A Comparative Approach to Enslavement / Jane Webster

Racialisation / Charles E. Orser

Strangers in a Foreign Land: The Bioarchaeology of Slavery and Forced Migration / Hans Schroeder and Jason Laffoon

The Bioarchaeology of Captive-Taking and Enslavement / Rebecca C. Redfern and others

Sourcing Slaves / Gregory D. Cook and others

Places of Agricultural Labour : Archaeological Approaches to Estates and Plantations / Ulrike Roth and others

Enslavement and Domestic Space / Mark Hauser and others

Urban Slavery / Rebecca R. Benefiel and others

Public Slaves / Franco Luciani and others

Slavery and Christianity / Mark P. Leone and others

Representations of Slavery and Its Legacies / Jane Websters and others

Made by the Enslaved / J.A. Baird and others

Defying Slavery / Cheryl White and others

Burial Practices of Enslaved People / Helen C Blouet and others

Manumission and Emancipation / Elena Sesma and others

Heritage as a Legacy of Slavery : Archaeological Engagements with Memory, Erasure, Territory, and Placemaking / Theresa A Singleton and others

Archaeologies of Unfree Labour and Liberal Fantasies of Abolition / Rui Gomes Coelho and others

Conclusion. A Personal Reflection on the Comparative Approach / Mark P Leone and others.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780197551295

0197551297

9780197551264