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William Marion Miller
Bio: William Marion Miller is an academic researcher. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 10 citations.
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TL;DR: The first attempt to contribute something to this field by generalization from archaeological data was made by Willeyl953 as mentioned in this paper, who discussed the theoretical problems which arise in the study of culture contact situations in archaeology.
Abstract: The authors of this paper met at Harvard University in July, 1955, to discuss the theoretical problems which arise in the study of culture contact situations in archaeology. The subject of contacts between cultures is one in which ethnologists have long been interested, and there is a substantial body of literature, both descriptive and theoretical, on contemporary and recent historic situations of this kind. Archaeological interest in the subject is somewhat more recent, but a few excellent reports on specific examples have appeared which we could use as a basis for our discussions. We believe that this paper is only the second attempt to contribute something to this field by generalization from archaeological data (Willeyl953).
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TL;DR: This paper found that both Spanish and Apalachee residents maintained a strong sense of their respective cultural identities and material life, and demonstrated a marked degree of accommodation, despite a historical propensity to characterize the Spanish treatment of Native Americans as brutal.
Abstract: Despite a historical propensity to characterize the Spanish treatment of Native Americans as brutal, archaeological and historic data gathered since 1984 from religious, civic, and domestic contexts at San Luis have revealed otherwise. It appears that both Spanish and Apalachee residents maintained a strong sense of their respective cultural identities and material life, and demonstrated a marked degree of accommodation.
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TL;DR: Apalachee Indians experienced some of the most devastating slave raids in the eighteenth century and their enslavement is a central feature of the story of southeastern Indian slavery as mentioned in this paper, however, they appear in these discussions mostly as casualties of an inexorable colonial force.
Abstract: Abstract:Apalachee Indians endured some of the most devastating slave raids in the eighteenth century. Their enslavement is a central feature of the story of southeastern Indian slavery. Although scholars have noted the many ways Native peoples negotiated the slave trade, Apalachees appear in these discussions mostly as casualties of an inexorable colonial force. This article employs NAIS methodologies to reframe Apalachee history during Indian slavery. Using a single document, a letter written on June 10, 1704, by Deputy Manuel Solana to Florida's governor, José de Zúñiga y Cerda, it forges a narrative with and about Apalachee voices and repositions Apalachees in the story of Indian slavery in ways that are neither teleological nor rooted in decline. A NAIS approach also opens up a larger question: How can historians write about moments of horrific loss without allowing the loss to define the totality of the experience or end the story? How can we write about damage without writing \"damage narratives\"? Privileging Apalachee epistemologies, futures, and contingencies within an article focused on an archival and colonial source allows for the exploration of both the materials available and the methods required to write ethical indigenous histories.
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