ARQUEOLOGIA DA RESISTÊNCIA ESCRAVA

RESUMO: A Arqueologia da escravidao no Novo Mundo tem expandido exponencialmente durante as duas ultimas decadas tornando-se, provavelmente, a area de maior influencia dentro da Arqueologia Historica na atualidade. Como parte do esforco dessa pesquisa, arqueologos tem examinado varios tipos de sitios e realizado diversas e importantes contribuicoes para a literatura. Tem-se estudado, mas nao com muita frequencia, sitios relacionados a escravos fugidos. Argumentamos que a arqueologia da resistencia e rebeliao escrava deveria constituir um elemento chave para a Arqueologia da escravidao no Novo Mundo  e nos propugnamos a escavacao dos quilombos como arenas excelentes para tal estudo. Apresentamos um exemplo de Palmares, no nordeste do Brasil, como parte dessa pesquisa. ABSTRACT: The archaeology of New World slavery has exponentially  expanded during the past two decades to become perhaps the most influential area within today’s historical archaeology. As part of this research endeavor, archaeologists have examined many kinds of sites and have made diverse and important contributions to the literature. Sites associated with fugitive slaves have been studied, but not as frequently. We argue that the archaeology of slave resistance and rebellion should be a key element of New World slave archaeology, and we promote the excavation of runaway polities, or maroons, as excellent arenas for such a study. We present an example from Palmares in northeastern Brazil as part of this exploration.

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