Affiliation:
1. New South Associates, Inc. Greensboro North Carolina USA
Abstract
AbstractHistoric Black cemeteries in the south‐eastern United States are actively threatened by development, neglect, environmental degradation and vandalism. Geophysical archaeological tools are often championed as a solution to document unmarked graves, determine cemetery boundaries and help preserve these spaces. This process can be problematic as geophysical instruments themselves do not find graves; rather, the data collected are reviewed by a skilled professional to interpret where graves might be present. Archaeological geophysical practitioners thus hold a great responsibility to conduct themselves in an ethical manner. Important considerations include archaeological ethics, professionalism and honest communication, as well as centring the needs of preservation within the communities of descendants and stakeholders, if possible, in the way we process, interpret and communicate results.
Reference47 articles.
1. African‐American Burial Grounds Preservation Act. (2022).S.3667 and H.R.6805 Senate and House of Representatives 117th Congress.https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3667
2. Inside/Outside, Upside Down: Including Archaeologists in Communities
3. Black Feminist Archaeology
Cited by
1 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献