The moral mission archaeology set in motion by black activists in                  the 1960s and 1970s sought to tell the story of Americans, particularly African                  Americans, forgotten by the written record. Today, the archaeological study of                  African-American life is no longer simply an effort to capture unrecorded aspects of                  black history or to exhume the heritage of a neglected community. Archaeologists now                  recognize that one cannot fully comprehend the European colonial experience in the                  Americas without understanding its African                  counterpart.This collection of essays reflects                  and extends the broad spectrum of scholarship arising from this expanded definition                  of African-American archaeology, treating such issues as the analysis and                  representation of cultural identity, race, gender, and class; cultural interaction                  and change; relations of power and domination; and the sociopolitics of                  archaeological practice. "I, Too, Am America"                  expands African-American archaeology into an inclusive historical vision and                  identifies promising areas for future study.

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