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African
Afro-Caribbean
Afro-Jamaican
artifacts
Author_Douglas V. Armstrong
Black
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cultural systems
culture
Diaspora
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eating
enslaved
enslavement
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ethnohistory
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food
history
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plantation
planters
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slavery
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subsistence farming
sugar
sugar estate
Product details
- ISBN 9780252016172
- Weight: 739g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jul 1990
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Rediscovering the lives of enslaved people in Jamaica
A combination of archaeological and historical study, The Old Village and the Great House examines life within enslaved, and later free, laborer households at a Jamaican sugar plantation. Douglas V. Armstrong draws on excavations in house-yard areas to create a case study comparison between the lives of enslaved workers and the planter class. As Armstrong shows, archaeological analysis and historical research reveal a firsthand record of people's lives and the emergence of an African-Jamaican community. Detailed descriptions of artifacts, structural remains, and dietary refuse combine with written accounts to provide insight into the lives of enslaved people and African-Jamaican transformations.
A combination of archaeological and historical study, The Old Village and the Great House examines life within enslaved, and later free, laborer households at a Jamaican sugar plantation. Douglas V. Armstrong draws on excavations in house-yard areas to create a case study comparison between the lives of enslaved workers and the planter class. As Armstrong shows, archaeological analysis and historical research reveal a firsthand record of people's lives and the emergence of an African-Jamaican community. Detailed descriptions of artifacts, structural remains, and dietary refuse combine with written accounts to provide insight into the lives of enslaved people and African-Jamaican transformations.
Douglas V. Armstrong is a professor of anthropology at Syracuse University. His books include Creole Transformation from Slavery to Freedom: Historical Archaeology of the East End Community, St. John, Virgin Islands.
