‘This Islande is Inhabited with all Sortes’: The Archaeology of Creolisation in Speightstown, Barbados, and Beyond, AD 1650–1900
Studies of creole material cultures in historical archaeological frameworks in the Americas and Caribbean from the sixteenth century onwards emphasise the diversity and dynamism of cultural traits that are rooted in a range of different backgrounds: indigenous, African and European. Using a case stu...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s000358151300022x 2024-06-16T07:41:08+00:00 ‘This Islande is Inhabited with all Sortes’: The Archaeology of Creolisation in Speightstown, Barbados, and Beyond, AD 1650–1900 Finneran, Niall 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s000358151300022x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S000358151300022X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms The Antiquaries Journal volume 93, page 319-351 ISSN 0003-5815 1758-5309 journal-article 2013 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s000358151300022x 2024-05-22T12:56:10Z Studies of creole material cultures in historical archaeological frameworks in the Americas and Caribbean from the sixteenth century onwards emphasise the diversity and dynamism of cultural traits that are rooted in a range of different backgrounds: indigenous, African and European. Using a case study based upon recent historical and multidisciplinary archaeological research in north-western Barbados, this paper seeks to chart the development of a distinct vernacular Barbadian creole material culture over the period 1650–1900. It is argued here that the evolution of a strong and characteristic local cultural identity, as evidenced by recent archaeological research, counters the usual perception, common among historians of the period, that the plantocracy and its associated agents merely sought to reproduce English culture in the tropics. In fact the cultural picture as presented here is far more nuanced, and has implications for wider historical archaeological studies in the region. Article in Journal/Newspaper Islande Cambridge University Press The Antiquaries Journal 93 319 351 |
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Studies of creole material cultures in historical archaeological frameworks in the Americas and Caribbean from the sixteenth century onwards emphasise the diversity and dynamism of cultural traits that are rooted in a range of different backgrounds: indigenous, African and European. Using a case study based upon recent historical and multidisciplinary archaeological research in north-western Barbados, this paper seeks to chart the development of a distinct vernacular Barbadian creole material culture over the period 1650–1900. It is argued here that the evolution of a strong and characteristic local cultural identity, as evidenced by recent archaeological research, counters the usual perception, common among historians of the period, that the plantocracy and its associated agents merely sought to reproduce English culture in the tropics. In fact the cultural picture as presented here is far more nuanced, and has implications for wider historical archaeological studies in the region. |
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‘This Islande is Inhabited with all Sortes’: The Archaeology of Creolisation in Speightstown, Barbados, and Beyond, AD 1650–1900 |
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‘This Islande is Inhabited with all Sortes’: The Archaeology of Creolisation in Speightstown, Barbados, and Beyond, AD 1650–1900 |
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