ABSTRACT
Archaeologists who study African Diasporan interactions with Indigenous people in the Americas have an opportunity to help advance a relatively small, slowly emerging discourse. Previous research on this topic has explored a diverse range of theories, contexts, and themes, including slavery, gendered cultural influences, strategic consumption, resistance to settler colonialism, critical animal studies, liberatory strategies, identity-making, economic exchange, hybridity, and representation. Besides familiarizing themselves with the types of processes, practices, and histories that link African and Indigenous people in the Americas, archaeologists will have to bridge gaps between different descendant groups and different scholarly communities that may not immediately see common ground. It will benefit archaeologists to not only study past motivations and colonial catalysts for conflict and collaboration between Africans and Indigenous people but also to collaborate with others interested in decolonizing this type of anthropological venture.
