Peter Alaca
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 Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:41 am Post subject: A case of typical American archaeology |
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James M. Davidson
Identity and violent death. Contextualizing lethal
gun violence within the African American community
of Dallas, TX (1900—1907)
Journal of Social Archaeology 8(3):320-354
"During the Freedman>s Cemetery Project of the
1990s, evidence of lethal gun violence was
recovered archaeologically from several early
twentieth century burials. Although lying in
unmarked graves, those who died violently still
have the chance of being identified through the
very bullets that robbed them of their lives.
Forensic identification of the bullets and other
archaeological criteria are compared to
descriptions of gunshot victims in newspaper
accounts and other archival records, and
individual as well as group identity is examined
in the process. These moments of violence also
provide a unique window into exploring the extent
and underlying causes of violence perpetrated
within and against the African American community
of Dallas, Texas, in the first decade of the
twentieth century."
http://jsa.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/8/3/320 |
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