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> From:  Carol McDavid
>
> We'd like to announce a new web site which may be of interest to
> archaeologists, historians, and others interested in public interpretations
> of archaeology and history.
>
> The Levi Jordan Plantation web site (http://www.webarchaeology.com) is the
> result of a collaboration between historical archaeologists, African
> American descendants and European American descendants (and other local
> community members) to create an ongoing conversation to discuss the
> archaeologies and histories of a 19th century southern Texas plantation.
> Research at the Jordan Plantation has revealed a great deal about the ways
> that Africans and African Americans empowered themselves both during and
> after slavery. A major focus of the site is to discuss how people appear to
> have used African beliefs and ways of using material culture to deal with
> the oppression of slavery and its aftermath, tenancy. Kenneth L. Brown at
> the University of Houston is the lead archaeologist at the Jordan
> Plantation, and has provided most of the archaeological and historical
> material for the site. Many other people have also contributed content:
> anthropologists, archaeologists, historians and descendant community
> members.
>
> Information on the web site comes from many kinds of sources, in addition to
> historical archaeology. These sources include oral history, genealogy,
> cultural anthropology, and folklore. For example, there are excerpts from a
> diary written (during and after the Civil War) by the plantation owner's
> granddaughter, along with an analysis of the diary by a linguistic
> anthropologist. There are links from this diary to information about people
> who lived and worked on the plantation, and links to archaeological
> interpretations which have been informed by material in the diary. There is
> oral history information from the African American descendant community,
> linked to the histories of several local African American churches, linked
> as well to information about individual families (included with their
> descendants' permission). This, in its turn, is linked to and from
> archaeological data concerning religious and healing practices that African
> American residents used to cope with the difficulties of their lives -
> linked to information about burial traditions within the community. There is
> also information about the social and political contexts in which the people
> on this plantation lived (and in which their descendants continue to live).
> And, of course, there are lots of pictures - of artifacts, of people, and of
> the plantation itself.
>
> There are also opportunities for visitors to communicate with other
> archaeologists, descendants, and each other. We hope that other researchers
> and teachers will participate in our research in various ways. If you are a
> teacher or college instructor we would welcome the opportunity to expand
> this "virtual conversation" by developing collaborative online projects
> (oral history, genealogy, archaeology etc.) with you and your students.
> Please send me an off-list message if you'd like to pursue that idea.
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> Carol McDavid
> University of Cambridge Department of Archaeology
> and
> Levi Jordan Plantation Historical Society
> cam35@xxxxxxxxx
> http://www.webarchaeology.com
>
> Address in UK:
> Clare Hall
> Cambridge CB3 9AL
> +44 (0)1223 328832
>
> Address in US:
> 1406 Sul Ross
> Houston, TX 77006
> +001 (713) 523-2649
>

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<pre>From:&nbsp; Carol McDavid&nbsp;<cam35@xxxxxxxxx>

We'd like to announce a new web site which may be of interest to
archaeologists, historians, and others interested in public interpretations
of archaeology and history.

The Levi Jordan Plantation web site (<A HREF="http://www.webarchaeology.com";>http://www.webarchaeology.com</A>) is the
result of a collaboration between historical archaeologists, African
American descendants and European American descendants (and other local
community members) to create an ongoing conversation to discuss the
archaeologies and histories of a 19th century southern Texas plantation.
Research at the Jordan Plantation has revealed a great deal about the ways
that Africans and African Americans empowered themselves both during and
after slavery. A major focus of the site is to discuss how people appear to
have used African beliefs and ways of using material culture to deal with
the oppression of slavery and its aftermath, tenancy. Kenneth L. Brown at
the University of Houston is the lead archaeologist at the Jordan
Plantation, and has provided most of the archaeological and historical
material for the site. Many other people have also contributed content:
anthropologists, archaeologists, historians and descendant community
members.

Information on the web site comes from many kinds of sources, in addition to
historical archaeology. These sources include oral history, genealogy,
cultural anthropology, and folklore. For example, there are excerpts from a
diary written (during and after the Civil War) by the plantation owner's
granddaughter, along with an analysis of the diary by a linguistic
anthropologist. There are links from this diary to information about people
who lived and worked on the plantation, and links to archaeological
interpretations which have been informed by material in the diary. There is
oral history information from the African American descendant community,
linked to the histories of several local African American churches, linked
as well to information about individual families (included with their
descendants' permission). This, in its turn, is linked to and from
archaeological data concerning religious and healing practices that African
American residents used to cope with the difficulties of their lives -
linked to information about burial traditions within the community. There is
also information about the social and political contexts in which the people
on this plantation lived (and in which their descendants continue to live).
And, of course, there are lots of pictures - of artifacts, of people, and of
the plantation itself.

There are also opportunities for visitors to communicate with other
archaeologists, descendants, and each other. We hope that other researchers
and teachers will participate in our research in various ways. If you are a
teacher or college instructor we would welcome the opportunity to expand
this "virtual conversation" by developing collaborative online projects
(oral history, genealogy, archaeology etc.) with you and your students.
Please send me an off-list message if you'd like to pursue that idea.

Thanks very much,

Carol McDavid
University of Cambridge Department of Archaeology
and
Levi Jordan Plantation Historical Society
cam35@xxxxxxxxx
<A HREF="http://www.webarchaeology.com";>http://www.webarchaeology.com</A>

Address in UK:
Clare Hall
Cambridge CB3 9AL
+44 (0)1223 328832

Address in US:
1406 Sul Ross
Houston, TX 77006
+001 (713) 523-2649</pre>
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