This edited volume aims at exploring a most relevant but somewhat neglected subject in
archaeological studies especially within Latin America: maroons and runaway settlements.
Scholarship on runaways is well established and prolific in ethnology anthropology and history
but it is still in its infancy in archaeology. A small body of archaeological literature on
maroons exists for other regions but no single volume discusses the subject in depth
including diverse eras and geographical areas within Latin American contexts. Thus a central
aim of the volume is to gather together some of the most active Latin American maroon
archaeologists in a single volume. This volume will thus become an important reference book on
the subject and will also foster further archaeology research on maroon settlements. The
introduction and comments by senior scholars provide a wide-ranging and comprehensive analysis
of runaway archaeology that will help to indicate the global importance of this research.
