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Ceramics serve as one of the best-known artifacts excavated by archaeologists. They are carefully described, classified, and dated, but rarely do scholars consider their many and varied uses. Breaking from this convention, Myriam Arcangeli examines potsherds from four colonial sites in the Antillean island of Guadeloupe to discover what these everyday items tell us about the people who used them. In the process, she reveals a wealth of information about the lives of the elite planters, the middle and lower classes, and enslaved Africans.By analyzing how the people of Guadeloupe used ceramics-whether jugs for transporting and purifying water, pots for cooking, or pearlware for eating-Arcangeli spotlights the larger social history of Creole life. What emerges is a detail rich picture of water consumption habits, changing foodways, and concepts of health. Sherds of History offers a compelling and novel study of the material record and the "e;ceramic culture"e; it represents to broaden our understanding of race, class, and gender in French-colonial societies in the Caribbean and the United States.Arcangeli's innovative interpretation of the material record will challenge the ways archaeologists analyze ceramics.

Society for American Archaeology Scholarly Book AwardHighlighting the strong relationship between New England's Nipmuc people and their land from the pre-contact period to the present day, this book helps demonstrate that the history of Native Americans did not end with the arrival of Europeans. This is the rich result of a twenty-year collaboration between indigenous and nonindigenous authors, who use their own example to argue that Native peoples need to be integral to any research project focused on indigenous history and culture.The stories traced in this book center around three Nipmuc archaeological sites in Massachusetts-the seventeenth century town of Magunkaquog, the Sarah Boston Farmstead in Hassanamesit Woods, and the Cisco Homestead on the Hassanamisco Reservation. The authors bring together indigenous oral histories, historical documents, and archaeological evidence to show how the Nipmuc people outlasted armed conflict and Christianization efforts instigated by European colonists. Exploring key issues of continuity, authenticity, and identity, Historical Archaeology and Indigenous Collaboration provides a model for research projects that seek to incorporate indigenous knowledge and scholarship.

"A unique social and economic history of the Seminoles and an insightful view of their cultural adaptation and cultural continuity that previously has not been appreciated or understood."--Florida Heritage

In Show Thyself a Man, Gregory Mixon explores the ways African Americans in postbellum Georgia used the militia as a vehicle to secure full citizenship, respect, and a more stable place in society. As citizen-soldiers, black men were empowered to get involved in politics, secure their own financial independence, and publicly commemorate black freedom with celebrations such as Emancipation Day.White Georgians, however, used the militia as a different symbol of freedom--to ensure the postwar white right to rule. This book is a forty-year history of black militia service in Georgia and the determined disbandment process that whites undertook to destroy it, connecting this chapter of the post-emancipation South to the larger history of militia participation by African-descendant people through the Western hemisphere and Latin America.

This book tells the story of how NASA transformed Florida's East Coast from an economy based on agriculture and tourism to one of the nation's most influential centers of technology.

In this book, Canter Brown, Jr. records the economic, social, political, and racial history of the Peace River Valley in southwestFlorida in an account of violence, passion, struggle, sacrifice, anddetermination.

This bookexplores how settlers from northern states created myths about the Indian Riverarea on Florida's Atlantic Coast, importing ideas about the region's Indigenouspeoples and rewriting its history to market the land to investors and tourists.

Agroundbreaking Black artist and his career in the Jim Crow South This book is the first biographyof Graham Jackson (1903‒1983), a virtuosic musician whose life story displays the complexities of being aBlack professional in the segregated South. David Cason discusses how Jacksonnavigated a web of racial and social negotiations throughout his long career andhighlights his little-known role in events of the twentieth century. Widely known for an iconic photo taken of him playing the accordionin tears at Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral, which became a Lifemagazine cover, Jackson is revealed here to have a much deeper story. He was aperformer, composer, and high school music director known for his skills on thepiano and organ. Jackson was among the first Black men to enlist in the Navy duringWorld War II, helping recruit many other volunteers and raising over $2 millionfor the war effort. After the war he became a fixture at Atlanta music venuesand in 1971, Governor Jimmy Carter proclaimed Jackson the State Musician ofGeorgia. Cason examines Jackson's groundbreaking roles with a critical eye, taking into account how Jackson drew on his connections with white elitesincluding Roosevelt, Coca-Cola magnate Robert Woodruff, and golfer Bobby Jones, and was censured by Black Power figures for playing songs associated withConfederate memory. Based on archival, newspaper, and interview materials, TheLife and Music of Graham Jackson brings into view the previously unknownstory of an ambitious and talented artist and his controversial approach to thepolitics and culture of his day. Publication of this work made possible by aSustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from theNational Endowment for the Humanities.

An insider's account of a wrongful conviction and the fight to overturn it during the civil rights era This book is an insider's account of the case of Freddie Pitts and Wilbert Lee, two Black men who were wrongfully charged and convicted of the murder of two white gas station attendants in Port St. Joe, Florida, in 1963, and sentenced to death. Phillip Hubbart, a defense lawyer for Pitts and Lee for more than 10 years, examines the crime, the trial, and the appeals with both a keen legal perspective and an awareness of the endemic racism that pervaded the case and obstructed justice. Hubbart discusses how the case against Pitts and Lee was based entirely on confessions obtained from the defendants and an alleged "eyewitness" through prolonged, violent interrogations and how local authorities repeatedly rejected later evidence pointing to the real killer, a white man well known to the Port St. Joe police. The book follows the case's tortuous route through the Florida courts to the defendants' eventual exoneration in 1975 by the Florida governor and cabinet. From Death Row to Freedom is a thorough chronicle of deep prejudice in the courts and brutality at the hands of police during the civil rights era of the 1960s. Hubbart argues that the Pitts-Lee case is a piece of American history that must be remembered, along with other similar incidents, in order for the country to make any progress toward racial reconciliation today. Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

An up-closeview of the movement to make "Afro-Mexican" an official cultural category Through historical and ethnographic research, Blackness in Mexico delvesinto the ongoing movement toward recognizing Black Mexicans as a cultural groupwithin a nation that has long viewed the non-Black Mestizo as the archetypal citizen. Anthony Jerry focuses on this process in Mexico'sCosta Chica region in order to explore the relational aspects of citizenshipand the place of Black people in how modern citizenship is imagined. Jerry's study of the Costa Chica shows the politicalstakes of the national project for Black recognition; the shared but competinginterests of the Mexican government, activists, and townspeople; and the waysthat the state and NGOs are working to make "Afro-Mexican" an official culturalcategory. He argues that that the demand for recognition by Black communities callsattention to how the Mestizo has become an intuitive point of referencefor identifying who qualifies as "other." Jerry also demonstrates that whileofficial recognition can potentially empower African descendants, it cansimultaneously reproduce the same logics of difference that have brought abouttheir social and political exclusion. One of few books to center Blackness within adiscussion of Mexico or to incorporate a focus on Mexico into Black studies, this book ultimately argues that the official project for recognition is itselfa methodology of mestizaje, an opportunity for the government to continue to use Blackness todefine the national subject and to further the Mexican national project. A volume in the series New World Diasporas, edited by KevinA. Yelvington Publicationof this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the AmericanRescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Exploringthe movements of Cuban material objects and digital content across borders Despite decades of diplomatic hostilities and economicsanctions, the border between Cuba and the United States--arguably one of themost politicized in the world--is in a state of constant flux. Tracing the flowsof people, material items, and digital content between Havana and Miami, aswell as between Cuba and Panama, Guyana, and Mexico, Circulating Culture explores how and why these circuits are a partof everyday life for millions of Cubans who negotiate extraordinarycircumstances daily. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research in theselocations, Jennifer Cearns highlights groups of Cuban society that are oftenoverlooked, considering what Cuban culture and identity mean in a transnationalsetting. Weaving evocative vignettes into her discussion of these largerquestions, Cearns pieces together the story of the creators of an emerging anddynamic network that punctures geopolitical boundaries and has outlasted aperiod of rapid social change--from the Obama administration through the deathof Fidel Castro and into the Trump administration. Ultimately, by focusing on everyday objects and thestrategies used to move them across borders, this book reveals how new culturalforms can develop from the cracks in societies often seen as "broken." Itdemonstrates the worldmaking of marginalized Cuban communities who have longbeen building their own infrastructures of possibility. A volume in the series New World Diasporas, edited by KevinA. Yelvington Publicationof this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the AmericanRescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The unique early path of public highereducation in Florida Inthis book, Carl Van Ness describes the remarkable formative years of highereducation in Florida, comparing the trajectory to that of other states and puttingit in context within the broader history and culture of the South. Central tothis story is the Buckman Act of 1905, a state law that consolidated governmentsupport to three institutions and prompted decades of conflicts over whereFlorida's public colleges and universities would be located, who would headthem, and who would manage their affairs. Van Ness traces the development of the schools thatlater became the University of Florida, Florida State University, and FloridaA&M University. He describes little-known events such as the decision tomove the University of Florida from its original location in Lake City, as wellas a dramatic student rebellion at Florida A&M University in response to attemptsto restrict Black students to vocational education and the subsequent firing ofthe president in 1923. The book also reflects on the debates regardingFlorida's normal schools, which provided coursework and practical training toteachers, a majority of whom were women. Utilizing rare historical records, VanNess brings to light events in Florida's history that have not been examinedand that continue to affect higher education in the state today.

New data and interpretations that shedlight on the nature of power relations in prehistoric and contemporary Indigenoussocieties Thisvolume explores the nature of power relations and social control in Indigenoussocieties of Latin America. Its chapters focus on instances of domination indifferent contexts as reflected in archaeological, osteological, andethnohistorical records, beginning with prehistoric case studies to examples fromthe ethnographic present. Rangingfrom the development of nautical and lacustrine warfare technology inprecontact Mesoamerica to the psychological functions of domestic violenceamong contemporary Amazonian peoples, these investigations shed light on how leadersoften use violence or the threat of violence to advance their influence. Theessays show that while social control can be overt, it may also be veiled inthe form of monumental architecture, fortresses or pukara, or ritualsthat signal to friends and foes alike the power of those in control.Contributors challenge many widely accepted conceptions of violence, warfare, and domination by presenting new evidence, and they also offer novelinterpretations of power relations in the domestic, local, and regional spheres. Encompassingsocieties from tribal to state levels of sociopolitical complexity, the studiesin this volume present different dimensions of conflict and power found among theprehistoric and contemporary Indigenous peoples of Latin America.Contributors: Stephen Beckerman RichardJ. Chacon Yamilette Chacon Vincent Chamussy Peter Eeckhout PamelaErickson Mariana Favila Vázquez Romuald Housse Nam C. Kim KrzysztofMakowski Dennis E. Ogburn Lawrence Stewart Owens James Yost

Uncovering evidence of slavery and controlin the spatial landscapes of a Maryland plantationIn this book, Megan Bailey uses archaeological data and historical records to document thetreatment of enslaved people at L'Hermitage Plantation in Maryland from 1794 to1827. Bailey uses the concept of the "nervous landscape"--a space where power isnot absolute and where resistance is possible--to show how the Vincendièrefamily's fear of losing control of their workforce drove their brutality. Baileyshows how the Vincendières' strategies to maintain their power were inscribedin the plantation's landscapes through the design of the enslaved peoples'village, which maximized surveillance and control while suppressingindividuality. Despite thefamily's behavior, enslaved people found ways to exercise agency, including throughuse of yard space, forming relationships with localresidents, and running away. Considering fear and anxiety as a fundamentalelement of the colonial experience, Bailey argues that emotion should beconsidered in archaeological analyses of the past. Today, L'Hermitage Plantation is a part of the Monocacy National Battlefield operatedby the National Park Service. Bailey discusses the public interpretation of thesite and how excavations of the plantation highlighted a more complicated narrative than the prevailing story ofCivil War conflict and heroism. Memory and Power at L'Hermitage Plantation uses archaeology toconnect the Vincendières to the present-day landscape in a complex, layerednarrative of precarity and control. Avolume in the series Cultural Heritage Studies, edited by Paul A. Shackel Publicationof this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the AmericanRescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

"A wild ride through a century of Mafia lore, this book offers inside accounts and little-known stories of organized crime across Florida, from the Keys to Pensacola and Jacksonville"--

This is the first history of the innovative, beloved, and critically acclaimed dance theater company Pilobolus, with revelatory behind-the-scenes details of its creators and significant works.

"In this book, Leslie Poole delves into the stories of explorers and travelers who came to Florida during the past five centuries, looking at their words and the paths they took from the perspective of today"

"With delicious recipes that showcase Florida's bounty of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and grains, this book celebrates the seasonal harvests of the Sunshine State"--

This first volume of John Worth's substantial two-volume work studies the assimilation and eventual destruction of the indigenous Timucuan societies of interior Spanish Florida near St. Augustine, shedding new light on the nature and function of La Florida's entire mission system. Beginning in this volume with analysis of the late prehistoric chiefdoms, Worth traces the effects of European exploration and colonization in the late 1500s and describes the expansion of the mission frontier before 1630. As a framework for understanding the Timucuan rebellion of 1654 and its pacification, he explores the internal political and economic structure of the colonial system. In volume 2, he shows that after the geographic and political restructuring of the Timucua mission province, the interior of Florida became a populated chain of way-stations along the royal road between St. Augustine and the Apalachee province. Finally, he describes rampant demographic collapse in the missions, followed by English-sponsored raids, setting a stage for their final years in Florida during the mid-1700s. The culmination of nearly a decade of original research, these books incorporate many previously unknown or little-used Spanish documentary sources. As an analysis of both the Timucuan chiefdoms and their integration into the colonial system, they offer important discussion of the colonial experience for indigenous groups across the nation and the rest of the Americas. A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

Before you purchase this novel, please view the YouTube preview.... https: //youtu.be/koetss202I4 This novel is intended to be a fun read for a wide audience. --------------- The Wild West lives on. Book Preview After the Big Bang occurred, and after standard elements precipitated out due to the high pressure and temperature of star-building and explosions of supernovas, an unusual element was created under rare conditions. This Element is so rare that it's only found on a few planets within our entire universe, and one of those planets is planet Earth. ......fast forward billions of years into the future..... Asteroids, billions of years old, come crashing down on the Black Hills of South Dakota and into the eastern prairie. A free Band of Lakota Indians witnesses the most spectacular light show on earth. The light show lasted for hours while the Indian people took cover for their lives. ......fast forward 100+ years...... Soil erosion over the past 100+ years has uncovered many dark-rock outcrops on ranch land as well as on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The locals accepted these dark-rocks as ordinary landscapes, but one young Lakota Indian man became more curious, and the results he found were literally from out of this world. News of the Super Element brought fortune hunters from all over the country, and they descended on the Black Hills just like the gold rush days of the late 1870s. A modern Wild West begins, but it also has the modern dangers of adversary countries and inquisitive billionaires looking for a profit in the next significant invention. Who owns this Super Element, and who will protect it from being stolen? In a "David vs. Goliath" situation, this small community of ranchers and American Indians from the Reservation stand up to enormous opponents. With help from others in and around the Black Hills, they fight for what is theirs and for the national defense of their country. The book titled "Surviving Asteroid Storm Super Element 126" began billions of years ago when the elements of the universe were created. This new Super Element traveled in a cluster of asteroids for billions of years until some crashed onto planet earth. The story revolves around a strange dark-rock found in a poor rural area in South Dakota. The people of this community are strong, resourceful, and independent. They have survived harsh environmental conditions for all of their lives. Still, even they seek help when an astonishing material, found only in one area of our planet, attracts influential individuals and desperate countries. Help comes from a variety of odd sources, including bikers from the Sturgis Rally and an army of old pickup trucks.