This monograph contains fourteen articles dealing with archaeological studies on Black and Asian ethnic groups in the United States. Papers on Afro-American culture history include: (1) "Race and Class on Antebellum Plantations," by John Solomon Otto; (2) "Looking for the 'Afro' in Colono-Indian Pottery," by Leland Ferguson; (3) a study of "Black Lucy's Garden," Andover, Massachusetts, by Vernon G. Baker; (4) "Weeksville: The Archaeology of a Black Urban Community," by Sara T. Bridges and Bert Salwen; (5) "Sandy Ground: Archaeology of a 19th Century Oystering Village," by Robert L. Schuyler; (6) a study of Skunk Hollow, New Jersey, by Joan H. Geismar; (7) an article on a 19th century Afro-American Meeting House in Boston, by Beth Anne Bower and Byron Rushing; and (8) an annotated bibliography on the archaeology of black American culture, by Geoffrey M. Gyrisco and Bert Salwen. Articles on Asian American culture history include: (1) a discussion of material culture of 19th century Chinese in the western U.S., by William S. Evans, Jr.; (2) "The West Coast Chinese and Opium Smoking," by Patricia A. Etter; (3) "The Archaeology of 19th Century Chinese Subsistence at the Lower China Store, Madera County California," by Paul E. Langenwalter, II; (4) an article on Chinese in Ventura, California, by Roberta S. Greenwood; and (5) an annotated bibliography, by Robert L. Schuyler. Also included in the monograph is a discussion of approaches to ethnic identification in historical archaeology by Marsha C.S. Kelly and Roger E. Kelly. (GC)