The article discusses the idea of conjuring in North American African American’s practices and how archeology analyzes this issue. Conjuring has a theoretical as well as a material dimension, because spirits live in and control the natural things of their world, from trees, to water, to us. Reflecting on a long-term engagement with African American practices through historical archaeology, this chapter opens up to questions such as: How can we keep archaeologists from missing the remains of conjure as we excavate? Can archaeologists say anything new about it?

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North American Conjure and Hoodoo and Archaeology

  • Mark P. Leone

摘要

The article discusses the idea of conjuring in North American African American’s practices and how archeology analyzes this issue. Conjuring has a theoretical as well as a material dimension, because spirits live in and control the natural things of their world, from trees, to water, to us. Reflecting on a long-term engagement with African American practices through historical archaeology, this chapter opens up to questions such as: How can we keep archaeologists from missing the remains of conjure as we excavate? Can archaeologists say anything new about it?