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The old village and the great house : an archaeological and historical examination of Drax Hall Plantation, St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica / Douglas V. Armstrong ; with a contribution by Elizabeth J. Reitz.

Title
The old village and the great house : an archaeological and historical examination of Drax Hall Plantation, St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica / Douglas V. Armstrong ; with a contribution by Elizabeth J. Reitz.
Author
Armstrong, Douglas V.
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1990.

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Additional Authors
Reitz, Elizabeth Jean, 1946-
Description
xvii, 400 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Blacks in the New World
Uniform Title
Blacks in the New World
Subject
  • Black people > Jamaica > History
  • Drax Hall Plantation Site (Jamaica)
  • Excavations (Archaeology) > Jamaica
  • Jamaica > Antiquities
  • Plantation life > Jamaica > History
  • Slavery > Jamaica > History
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-392) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The rediscovery of a people and a past -- The historical setting -- Recovering a past -- House-yard areas: structural remains and spatial relationships -- Artifacts: reflections of past lifeways -- Subsistence activities and dietary practices -- Artifact patterns -- Summary and conclusions.
ISBN
0252016173 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^89032031^
OCLC
19555645
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library