The article reports on archaeologists search for archaeological sites of the Maroons, runaway slaves of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in West Indies. Archaeologists claim that Maroons have the ability to become invisible. The efficacy of their tactic has made them elusive to slavery. It states that the constant threat of recapture and castigation on the island of Saint Croix led them to hide in remote, defensible spots that were hard to see. Moreover, archaeologists face difficulties in predicting the locations of the Maroons because they are do not leave any evidence of their presence.
Carvalho,José Jorge de (Editor), Doria,Siglia Zambrotti (Editor), and Oliveira,Adolfo Neves, Jr. (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Language:
Portuguese
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
Salvador: Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais : Editora da Universidade Federal da Bahia
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Papers presented at the I Seminário das Comunidades Negras do Sertão da Bahia, held at the Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais in December 1993., 270 p., Contents: A experiência histórica nas Américas e no Brasil / José Jorge de Carvalho -- A comunidade rural negra do Rio das Rãs ; O processo de ocupação da região do Rio das Rãs ; A experiência comunitæria ; Símbolos e projeções míticas da história ; A comunidade negra do Rio das Rãs : remanescentes dos quilombos ; Estado atual da luta jurídica / Siglia Zambrotti Doria e José Jorge de Carvalho -- Reflexão antropológica e prática pericial / Adolfo Neves de Oliveira Jr; Seminário das Comunidades Negras do Sertão da Bahia
