Archaeology in Dominica
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Archaeology in Dominica

Everyday Ecologies and Economies at Morne Patate

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Archaeology in Dominica

Everyday Ecologies and Economies at Morne Patate

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Archaeology in Dominica examines the everyday lives of enslaved and free workers at Morne Patate, an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Caribbean plantation that produced sugar, coffee, and provisions. Focusing on household archaeology, this volume helps document the underrepresented history of slavery and colonialism on the edge of the British Empire.

Contributors discuss how enslaved and free people were entangled in shifting economic and ecological systems during the plantation's 200-year history, most notably the introduction of sugarcane as an export commodity. Analyzing historical records, the landscape geography of the plantation, and material remains from the residences of laborers, the authors synthesize extensive data from this site and compare it to that of other excavations across the Eastern Caribbean. Using historical archaeology to investigate the political ecology of Morne Patate opens up a deeper understanding of the environmental legacies of colonial empires, as well as the long-term impacts of plantation agriculture on the Caribbean region and its people.



Contributors: Lynsey A. Bates | Lindsay Bloch | Elizabeth Bollwerk | Samantha Ellens | Jillian E. Galle | Khadene K. Harris | Mark W. Hauser | Lennox Honychurch | William F. Keegan | Tessa Murphy | Fraser D. Neiman | Sarah Oas | Diane Wallman

A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

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Information

Publisher
University of Florida Press
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781683401605
eBook ISBN
9781683401889
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Archaeology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. ARCHAEOLOGY IN DOMINICA
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTENTS
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1. Everyday Economies and Ecologies of Plantation Life
  10. 2. Dominica as an Evolving Landscape: Evidence of Changing Social, Political, and Economic Organization in the Eighteenth Century
  11. 3. Tracing the Postemancipation Landscape of Dominica’s Lime Industry
  12. 4. Building an Archaeological Chronology for Morne Patate
  13. 5. Morne Patate House Yards, 1750–1900: An Overview
  14. 6. A Carbet among the Cabins: The Significance and Symbolism of a Possible Kalinago Household at Morne Patate
  15. 7. Sourcing Coarse Earthenware at Morne Patate: The Impacts of French Colonialism and Local Exchange
  16. 8. The Environmental Archaeology of Subsistence and the Socioecological Landscape at Morne Patate
  17. 9. Conclusion: Resilience and Capacity Building in the Age of Empires
  18. Bibliography
  19. List of Contributors
  20. Index