What can archaeology tell us about the lives of the pioneers who lived there?
You can tell a world of things about the daily lives of people – how they lived, how they adapted to their local environment. Q: The remains of people found during the African Burial Grounds Project showed stress and the hard work the people were forced to endure. Archaeology revealed this. Do you agree? A: Oh yes definitely. Such labor is reflected in the skeletons very clearly in a number of populations of the past. Similar studies have been done on American Indians who were enslaved prior to the introduction of slaves from Africa. So bones can exhibit this kind of information. Q: How will archaeologists know when they have found the site? What types of artifacts will alert them to possible success? A: Well, the definitive evidence as far as archaeological evidence of Angola will be an assemblage of materials that would include British trade ceramics and other materials; also trade materials from Cuba and quite likely some items that were made locally, that is to say ethnic materials
