num_pages: 426
description: This book grapples with both the benefits and complications of a comparative approach to the archaeology of slavery.  Themes include how to define slavery, how to identify slavery archaeologically, enslavement and emancipation, and the politics and ethics of slavery-related research.
language: English
title: The Archaeology of Slavery: A Comparative Approach to Captivity and Coercion
publisher: Southern Illinois University Press