Jay Bryant Haviser, Jr. (born November 21, 1955, Bartow, Florida)[1] is an American-born archaeologist and anthropologist who has conducted archaeological fieldwork in St. Martin and Curacao.
These contributions cover a wide geographic sample of regions and range from Caribbean studies to individual investigations on 12 different islands of the English, Dutch, Spanish, and French territories.
[5][6][7] African Re-Genesis: Confronting Social Issues in the Diaspora is a book by Jay Haviser and Kevin C. MacDonald, first published in 2008 by Routledge.
[9][10] The World Archaeological Congress stated that African Re-Genesis "is the first book to emphasise the relevancy of current research to contemporary issues in diaspora communities.
The contributions to this book demonstrate how the spirit of Africa has survived and re-emerged through contacts with new environments and cultures.