Description
New research on the archaeology of the colonial landscapes of the Caribbean. This volume brings together new research on the archaeology of the colonial landscape of the Caribbean. It focusses on the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and on the British Caribbean: notably Bermuda, Jamaica, Florida, Barbados, Antigua, and especially St. Kitts and Nevis. Chapters cover a wide range of landscapes - domestic, military and industrial - and interests, including the archaeology and architecture of African-Caribbean slavery and emancipation, European settlements, sugar production, burial grounds, cartography, fortifications and trade.
About the Author
ROGER LEECH, President of the Society for Post Medieval Archaeology from 1999-2002, was formerly Head of Archaeology for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and is now Visiting Professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Southampton. PAMELA LEECH, formerly an archaeologist with English Heritage, was the first-phase editor for the Society for Post Medieval Archaeology's volume Cities in the World and Roger Leech's 2014 English Heritage publication, The Town House in Medieval and Early Modern Bristol. ROGER LEECH, President of the Society for Post Medieval Archaeology from 1999-2002, was formerly Head of Archaeology for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and is now Visiting Professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Southampton.
Reviews
An important and ambitious book...attractively-produced [and] generously illustrated. * TRANSACTIONS, BRISTOL & GLOUCESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY *
The excellently illustrated The Colonial Landscape of the British Caribbean provides several useful studies and innovative arguments, as well as some excellent primary data that will be useful to other archaeologists, and it is a welcome addition to the historical archaeology of the Caribbean. -- John M. Chenoweth, University of Michigan-Dearborn * Journal of British Studies *
Book Information
ISBN 9781783275656
Author Roger Leech
Format Hardback
Page Count 312
Imprint The Boydell Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g
About the Author
ROGER LEECH, President of the Society for Post Medieval Archaeology from 1999-2002, was formerly Head of Archaeology for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and is now Visiting Professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Southampton. PAMELA LEECH, formerly an archaeologist with English Heritage, was the first-phase editor for the Society for Post Medieval Archaeology's volume Cities in the World and Roger Leech's 2014 English Heritage publication, The Town House in Medieval and Early Modern Bristol. ROGER LEECH, President of the Society for Post Medieval Archaeology from 1999-2002, was formerly Head of Archaeology for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and is now Visiting Professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Southampton.
Reviews
An important and ambitious book...attractively-produced [and] generously illustrated. * TRANSACTIONS, BRISTOL & GLOUCESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY *
The excellently illustrated The Colonial Landscape of the British Caribbean provides several useful studies and innovative arguments, as well as some excellent primary data that will be useful to other archaeologists, and it is a welcome addition to the historical archaeology of the Caribbean. -- John M. Chenoweth, University of Michigan-Dearborn * Journal of British Studies *
Book Information
ISBN 9781783275656
Author Roger Leech
Format Hardback
Page Count 312
Imprint The Boydell Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g
