Island Lives: Historical Archaeologies of the Caribbean

404 Pages·2001·2.83 MB·English

by  Paul Farnsworth (ed.)

ISLAND LIVES

ISLAND LIVES
Historical Archaeologies
of the Caribbean
Edited by Paul Farnsworth
TheUniversityofAlabamaPress
TuscaloosaandLondon
Copyright©2001
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1.Archaeologyandhistory—WestIndies. 2.WestIndies—Civilization. 3.Landsettlement
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Contents
ListofFiguresandTables
ix
Preface
xvii
Part I: Historical Archaeology in the Caribbean
1 HistoricalArchaeologyintheColonialSpanishCaribbean
CharlesR.Ewen
3
2 HistoricalArchaeologyintheFrenchWestIndies:
RecentResearchinGuadeloupe
Andre´Delpuech
21
3 HistoricalArchaeologyintheNetherlandsAntillesandAruba
JayB.Haviser
60
4 HistoricalArchaeologyintheBritishCaribbean
DavidR.Watters
82
Part II: Caribbean Landscapes
5 TimeLines:ChangingSettlementPatternsonSt.Eustatius
NormanF.Barka
103
6 AVenueforAutonomy:ArchaeologyofaChangingCultural
Landscape,theEastEndCommunity,St.John,VirginIslands
DouglasArmstrong
142
7 “GettingtheEssenceofIt”:GalwaysPlantation,Montserrat,WestIndies
LydiaM.PulsipherandConrad“Mac”Goodwin
165
Part III: Caribbean Cultures
8 CreolizationinSeventeenth-CenturyBarbados:TwoCaseStudies
ThomasC.Loftfield
207
9 “NegroeHousesBuiltofStoneBesidesOthersWatl’d+Plaistered”:
TheCreationofaBahamianTradition
PaulFarnsworth
234
10 MethodistIntentionsandAfricanSensibilities:TheVictoryofAfrican
ConsumerismoverPlanterPaternalismataBahamianPlantation
LaurieA.Wilkie
272
Bibliography
301
Contributors
353
Index
355
Figures and Tables
Figures
0.1.TheCaribbean
xviii
1.1.SelectedSpanishcolonialsites
7
2.1.SelectedCaribbeanislands
22
2.2.SelectedsitesinGuadeloupe
23
2.3.AmerindianpetroglyphsfromthePérouRiver,Capesterre-Belle-Eau
30
2.4.ExtractfromamapofthetownofBasse-Terre,June26,1686,
showingFortSaint-Charles
35
2.5.Archaeologicalexcavationsin1995atthesiteoftheeighteenth-century
prison,FortDelgrès,Basse-Terre
37
2.6.ViewoftheboroughofBasse-Terrein1688
40