Terry,

I am forwarding your response to my Caribbean ethnology and archaeology list.
There may be some insights there...I suspect there are. Are you concerned with
"Latin" America in the strict sense? I mean, for instance, Jamaica has been
"English" since the mid-17th century, but before that it was a Spanish colony,
and so Kofi Agorsah's work in maroon settlements may be pertinent. Are you
looking primarily for archaeological work, or does ethnography, history and
ethnohistory interest you too? Let me know (and I'll pass along to the
Standpipers) your interests a little more explicitly and maybe we can get you
some assistance.

Terry Weik wrote:

> Hello Histarchers,
> I'm finishing an article concerning the African Diaspora in Latin America.
> Thus far, most sources I've reviewed concern the archaeology of Brazilian
> maroons (Orser, Guimares, Allen), Dominican slavery  and maroons (De soto;
> Vega; Garcia Arevalo), and Florida free blacks and maroons (Deagan;
> Griffin; Poe).  I also read Smith's (1995) work on slave potters at Puerto
> Real.  Could you guys let me know of any sources or projects I may have
> left out?  I have also heard from a couple colleagues of coffee plantation
> archaeology in Cuba.  Unfortunately I haven't been able to get a response
> to enqiries I made to Cuban Archaeologists.
> Thanks in advance to any suggestions,
> Terrance Weik
>
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> Terry Weik
> Department of Anthropology
> University of Florida
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