December 2008
Articles, Essays, and Reports
Archaeology, Obama,
and the Long Civil Rights Movement
Christopher N. Matthews
Exploring Frontiers of Archaeology
and Cultural Resource Management:
Untold Stories of the Esie Stone Figurines
J. O. Aleru and K. Adekola
New Philadelphia Archaeology,
Heritage, and National Historic Landmark Status
Charlotte Louise King
Announcements
New Books
The Archaeology of Alcohol and Drinking
Frederick H. Smith
An Archaeology of Black Markets: Local Ceramics and Economies in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica
Mark W. Hauser
Extending the Frontiers: Essays on the New Transatlantic Slave Trade Database
David Eltis and David Richardson
Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art
Dale Rosengarten, Theodore Rosengarten, and Enid Schildkrout
The Children of Africa in the Colonies: Free People of Color in Barbados in the Age of Emancipation
Melanie J. Newton
Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep South
Katrina Browne
Conferences
Call for Papers
Book Reviews
Africa and Trans-Atlantic Memories: Literary and Aesthetic Manifestations of Diaspora and History
Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Paul Lovejoy, David D. Trotman, and Liza Gijanto
Crossroads and Cosmologies: Diasporas and Ethnogenesis in the New World
Christopher C. Fennell and Kevin M. Bartoy
"The Garden of the World": A Historical Archaeology of Sugar Landscapes in the Eastern Caribbean
Dan Hicks and Kenneth G. Kelly
Historical Archaeology: Why the Past Matters
Barbara J. Little and Deb L. Rotman
Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom
Tiya Miles and Jessica Zimmer