Archaeologies of slavery and freedom in the Caribbean : exploring the spaces in between / / edited by Lynsey A. Bates, John M. Chenoweth, and James A. Delle

• Pubblicazione: Gainesville, Florida : , : University of Florida Press, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (373 pages) : illustrations, photographs, maps
• Disciplina: 306.3/6209729
• Soggetto topico: Slavery - Caribbean Area - History; Enslaved persons - Emancipation - Caribbean Area
• Soggetto geografico: Caribbean Area History
• Persona (resp. second.): BatesLynsey A.; ChenowethJohn M.; DelleJames A.
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2016.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: the Caribbean spaces in between / John M. Chenoweth, James A. Delle, and Lynsey A. Bates -- Part 1: The spaces between and within -- The role of caves and gullies in escape, mobility, and the creation of community networks among enslaved peoples of Barbados / Frederick H. Smith and Hayden F. Bassett -- "Poor whites" on the peripheries: "poor white" and Afro-Barbadian interaction on the plantation / Matthew C. Reilly -- Provisioning and marketing: surplus and access on Jamaican sugar estates / Lynsey A. Bates -- Life beyond the village: field houses and liminal space on a Jamaican coffee plantation / James A. Delle -- Beyond sugar: plantation landscapes and the rise of a free black population on St. Lucia / Jane I. Seiter -- Surveying a long-term settlement on Potato Hill, Montserrat / Krysta Ryzewski and John F. Cherry -- Part 2: Transition and postemancipation spaces -- Dimensions of space and identity in an emancipation-era village: analysis of material culture and site abandonment at Morgan's Village, Nevis, West Indies / Marco Meniketti -- African Moravian burial sites on St. John and Barbados: a comparison of spaces within lived experiences and social transformations from slavery to freedom / Helen C. Blouet -- The archaeology of a postemancipation smallholder in the British Virgin Islands / John M. Chenoweth -- Postemancipation shifts: land, labor, and freedom on the Bois Cotlette Estate, Dominica, after 1838 / Khadene K. Harris -- Military material life in the British Caribbean: historical archaeology of Fort Rocky, Kingston Harbor Jamaica (ca. 1880-1945) / Stephan T. Lenik and Zachary J. M. Beier -- Double consciousness and an African American enclave: being black and American on Hispañiola / Kristen R. Fellows -- Conclusion: minding the gaps in the diasporic web / Laurie A. Wilkie.
• Sommario/riassunto: While the patterns of habitation and development are similar throughout the Caribbean, there was also a great deal of diversity. The authors in this volume use innovative techniques and perspectives to reveal the stories of places and times where the usual rules did not always apply.
• Titolo autorizzato: Archaeologies of slavery and freedom in the Caribbean
• ISBN: 1-68340-071-2; 1-68340-026-7; 1-68340-013-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798711103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ripley P. Bullen series.