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Out of many, one people : the historical archaeology of colonial Jamaica / edited by James A. Delle, Mark W. Hauser, and Douglas Armstrong.

Title
Out of many, one people : the historical archaeology of colonial Jamaica / edited by James A. Delle, Mark W. Hauser, and Douglas Armstrong.
Publication
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Delle, James A.
  • Hauser, Mark W.
  • Armstrong, Douglas V.
Description
x, 332 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"This volume assembles for the first time the results of nearly three decades of historical archaeology in Jamaica. Scholars present research on maritime and terrestrial archaeological sites, addressing issues such as: the early Spanish period at Seville la Nueva; the development of the first major British settlement at Port Royal; the complexities of the sugar and coffee plantation system, and the conditions prior to, and following, the abolition of slavery in Jamaica. The everyday life of African Jamaican people is examined by focusing on the development of Jamaica's internal marketing system, consumer behavior among enslaved people, iron-working and ceramic-making traditions, and the development of a sovereign Maroon society at Nanny Town. Out of Many, One People paints a complex and fascinating picture of life in colonial Jamaica, and demonstrates how archaeology has contributed to heritage preservation on the island."--From publisher description.
Series Statement
Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
Uniform Title
  • Project Muse UPCC books
  • Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
Subject
  • Archaeology and history > Jamaica
  • Excavations (Archaeology) > Jamaica
  • Historic sites > Jamaica
  • Material culture > Jamaica > History
  • Plantation life > Jamaica > History
  • Enslaved persons > Jamaica > Social life and customs
  • Jamaica > Antiquities
  • Jamaica > History, Local
  • Jamaica > Social life and customs
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Local history
  • Electronic books
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
  • 9780817356484 (paper : alk. paper)
  • 0817356487 (paper : alk. paper)
  • 9780817385309 (electronic)
  • 0817385304 (electronic)
  • 9780817317263 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0817317260 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2010045986
OCLC
  • 682902996
  • SCSB-10326698
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library