| Description |
x, 332 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory |
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Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Historical archaeology in Jamaica / Mark W. Hauser, James A. Delle, and Douglas V. Armstrong -- pt. 1. The archaeology of the early colonial period -- Feudalism or agrarian capitalism? : the archaeology of the early sixteenth-century Spanish sugar industry / Robyn P. Woodward -- Port Royal and Jamaica : wrought-iron hand tools recovered as archaeological evidence and the material culture mentioned in probate inventories ca. 1692 / Marianne Franklin -- Evidence for Port Royal's British colonial merchant class as reflected in the New Street Tavern Site assemblage / Maureen J. Brown -- pt. 2. The archaeology of the plantation system -- Reflections on Seville : rediscovering the African Jamaican settlements at Seville Plantation, St. Ann's Bay / Douglas V. Armstrong -- Maritime connections in a plantation economy : archaeological investigations of a colonial sloop in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica / Gregory D. Cook and Amy Rubenstein-Gottschamer -- The habitus of Jamaican plantation landscapes / James A. Delle -- Excavating the roots of resistance : the significance of Maroons in Jamaican archaeology / Candice Goucher and Kofi Agorsah -- pt. 3. The archaeology of Jamaican society -- Of earth and clay : locating colonial economies and local ceramics / Mark W. Hauser -- Household market activities among early nineteenth-century Jamaican slaves : an archaeological case study from two slave settlements / Matthew Reeves -- Assessing the impacts of time, agricultural cycles, and demography on the consumer activities of enslaved men and women in eighteenth-century Jamaica and Virginia / Jillian E. Galle-- Identity and opportunity in post-slavery Jamaica / Kenneth G. Kelly, Mark W. Hauser, and Douglas V. Armstrong -- Epilogue: Explorations in Jamaican historical archaeology / Douglas V. Armstrong. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Archaeology and history -- Jamaica.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Jamaica.
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Historic sites -- Jamaica.
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Material culture -- Jamaica -- History.
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Plantation life -- Jamaica -- History.
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Slaves -- Jamaica -- Social life and customs.
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Jamaica -- Antiquities.
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Jamaica -- History, Local.
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Jamaica -- Social life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Delle, James A.
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Hauser, Mark W.
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Armstrong, Douglas V.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780817356484 (paper alk. paper) |
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9780817385309 (electronic bk.) |
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