Colonial Landscape of the British Caribbean

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Del 11 i serien Society for Post Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series

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Beskrivning

New research on the archaeology of the colonial landscapes of the Caribbean.This volume brings together new research on the archaeology of the colonial landscape of the Caribbean. It focusses on the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and on the British Caribbean: notably Bermuda, Jamaica, Florida, Barbados, Antigua, and especially St. Kitts and Nevis. Chapters cover a wide range of landscapes - domestic, military and industrial - and interests, including the archaeology and architecture of African-Caribbean slavery and emancipation, European settlements, sugar production, burial grounds, cartography, fortifications and trade.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-03-19
Mått:170 x 240 x 31 mm
Vikt:880 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Society for Post Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series
Antal sidor:312
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9781783275656

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ROGER LEECH, President of the Society for Post Medieval Archaeology from 1999-2002, was formerly Head of Archaeology for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and is now Visiting Professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Southampton. PAMELA LEECH, formerly an archaeologist with English Heritage, was the first-phase editor for the Society for Post Medieval Archaeology's volume Cities in the World and Roger Leech's 2014 English Heritage publication, The Town House in Medieval and Early Modern Bristol. ROGER LEECH, President of the Society for Post Medieval Archaeology from 1999-2002, was formerly Head of Archaeology for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and is now Visiting Professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Southampton.

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An important and ambitious book...attractively-produced [and] generously illustrated.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface - Roger Leech1. Caribbean Colonial Cartography: Exploring the Paper Landscape - Gillian Hutchinson2. Tropical Similarities Found in Military Barracks, Hospitals and Other Structures in the West Indies and British Florida Parishes - Philippe Oszuscik3. "Come Hell or High Water": Architectural Responses to Natural Disaster in the Early British Caribbean - Louis P. Nelson4. London, Capital of Empire - Some Archaeological Reflections - Geoff Egan and Nigel Jeffries5. Changing Technology in the West Indian Sugar Industry, 16501920: A Visual Introduction - Phil Dunning6. Archaeological Evidence for Enslaved African Laborers from Two Locations at the Brimstone Hill Fortress, St Kitts, West Indies - Gerald F. Schroedl6. Archaeological Evidence for Enslaved African Laborers from Two Locations at the Brimstone Hill Fortress, St Kitts, West Indies - Todd M. Ahlman7. An Archaeological Survey of Sugar Plantations in St Kitts, 2004 and 2005 - Robert Philpott and Jon Brett8. The St Kitts Scenic Train: Journey into an Island's Heritage - William C. Found9. Jamestown, Nevis: Fact, Fiction, and Fable - Carter L. Hudgins and Eric Klingelhofer and Roger Leech and David Higgins10. Observations on the European Ceramics from Nevis - David Barker11. A Caribbean Context for the World-System: A Case Study in 17th and 18th Century Economic and Social Interdependency - Marco Meniketti12. The Colonial Landscape of Mountravers and Adjacent Plantations - Roger Leech