ANTHRO 2AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Historically Black Colleges And Universities, Oil Refinery, Nationstates

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 2AC
• Professor: Jun Sunseri

Document Summary

Projects did not include representatives of respective communities. St croix = island in the virgin islands. First site of colonial violence against natives. Sugar production in 18th and 19th centuries run by black slaves. Slaves purchased by france, britain, etc. from ghana + other nation-states in the caribbean (already existed) Current inhabitants are descendants of slaves; slave population was greater than the europeans. Archaeology work on great house as a conservation effort for the plantations and not the slave population. Not enough black people get to college. Not enough black people graduate from college and go on to get a masters/doctorate. Not enough black people graduate from college and go on to receive a masters/doctorate, and want to be archaeologist. Terrestrial excavations (students and local youth certified in open water diving) to search for shipwrecks (colonial era) 2017-20212: smmithsonian, diving with a purpose, uc berkeley, nature. Hbcu students: 2 weeks historical artifact identification; 4 weeks terrestrial excavation.