Historical Archaeologies of the Caribbean - Contextualizing Sites Through Colonialism, Capitalism, and Globalism

About the author

Todd M. Ahlman is director of the Center for Archaeological Studies at Texas State University. He is coeditor of TVA Archaeology: Seventy-Five Years of Prehistoric Site Research.

Gerald F. Schroedl is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Tennessee. He is author of The Archaeological Occurrence of Bison in the Southern Plateau and Cherokee (Peoples of America).

Summary

Addresses issues in Caribbean history and historical archaeology such as freedom, frontiers, urbanism, postemancipation life, trade, plantation life, and new heritage. This collection moves beyond plantation archaeology by expanding the knowledge of the diverse Caribbean experiences from the late seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries.

Product details

• Assisted by: Todd M Ahlman (Editor), Todd M. Ahlman (Editor), Gerald F Schroedl (Editor), Gerald F. Schroedl (Editor)
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Univ of Alabama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780817320324
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-2032-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 575 g
• Series: Caribbean Archaeology and Ethn; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethn; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous