A Struggle for Heritage: Archaeology and Civil Rights in a Long Island Community

by Christopher N. Matthews

Book Overview

Based on ten years of collaborative, community-based research, this book examines race and racism in a mixed-heritage Native American and African American community on Long Island's north shore. Through excavations of the Silas Tobias and Jacob and Hannah Hart houses in the village of Setauket, Christopher Matthews explores how the families who lived here struggled to survive and preserve their culture despite consistent efforts to marginalize...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813069432
• ISBN13: 9780813069432
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"