Plantation archaeology in the United States helps us understand our Anthropocene past by showing how enslaved Africans lacked technology, showing that enslaved Africans lacked the means to resist the material conditions of enslavement, showing how extractivism and conspicuous consumption shaped a plantation economy, and showing how America's founding fathers were kindly toward their enslaved property. What is the significance of plantation archaeology in understanding the Anthropocene past?
1) It demonstrates the technological advancements of enslaved Africans
2) It highlights the resistance strategies employed by enslaved Africans
3) It reveals the economic factors that influenced plantation economies
4) It showcases the treatment of enslaved Africans by America's founding fathers