Description: Further DetailsTitle: Searching for the 17th Century on Nevis: The Survey and Excavation of Two Early Plantation SitesCondition: NewISBN-10: 1789698863EAN: 9781789698862ISBN: 9781789698862Publisher: ArchaeopressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/11/2021Description: Searching for the 17th Century on Nevis is the first of a series of monographs dedicated to the archaeological investigation of the landscape, buildings and artefacts of the Eastern Caribbean by the Nevis Heritage Project. This volume presents the results of documentary research and excavation on two sugar plantation sites on the island of Nevis. Upper Rawlins, located high on Nevis mountain, was occupied in the late 17th and early 18th century and abandoned early. Fenton Hill was occupied from the mid-17th to the mid-19th century and originated with an earthfast timber building, probably a dwelling house, later converted to a kitchen and encapsulated in stone about 1700. The adjacent main house was probably destroyed in the French raid of 1706 and rebuilt in timber. The final occupation was by Portuguese Madeiran labourers, who were introduced to fill a labour force shortage in the 1840s.Detailed reports on the finds assemblage include discussions of the handmade, bonfired Afro-Caribbean pottery made by enslaved African women, imported European ceramics and glass, clay tobacco pipes, metalwork and building materials. The dominance of imported goods from south-western England demonstrates the strong mercantile links between Nevis and Bristol, but local Nevis production of ceramics adds new insights into the estatebased ceramic production on European lines.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 290mmItem Length: 205mmItem Weight: 874gAuthor: Roger Leech, Elaine L. Morris, Robert PhilpottGenre: HistoryBook Series: Early Colonial Settlement and Landscape of Nevis and St Kitts: Studies in the Historical Archaeology of the Eastern CaribbeanRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Searching for the 17th Century on Nevis: The Survey and Excavatio
Title: Searching for the 17th Century on Nevis: The Survey and Excavatio
ISBN-10: 1789698863
EAN: 9781789698862
ISBN: 9781789698862
Release Date: 02/11/2021
Release Year: 2021
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 290mm
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 238 Pages
Publication Name: Searching for the 17th Century on Nevis: the Survey and Excavation of Two Early Plantation Sites
Language: English
Publisher: Archaeopress
Subject: Archaeology, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Publication Year: 2021
Item Weight: 30.9 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 11.4 in
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Author: Roger Leech, Elaine L. Morris, Robert Philpott
Item Width: 8.1 in
Series: The Early Colonial Settlement and Landscape of Nevis and St Kitts: Studies in the Historical Archaeology of the Eastern Caribbean Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback