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The Garden of the World': An Historical Archaeology of Sugar Landscapes in the Eastern Caribbean - An historical archaeology of sugar landscapes in the eastern Caribbean (Paperback)
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The Garden of the World': An Historical Archaeology of Sugar Landscapes in the Eastern Caribbean - An historical archaeology of sugar landscapes in the eastern Caribbean (Paperback)
Series: British Archaeological Reports International Series
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This study uses the perspectives of what might be termed the
'empirical tradition' of British landscape archaeology that
developed in the 1960s and 1970s, especially in industrial
archaeology, to explore the early modern history of the 'garden'
landscapes formed by British colonialism in the eastern Caribbean,
and their place in the world. It presents a detailed chronological
sequence of the changing material conditions of these
English-/British-owned plantation landscapes during the 17th, 18th
and early 19th centuries, with particular reference to the origins,
history and legacies of the sugar industry. The study draws
together the results of archaeological fieldwork and documentary
research to present a progressive account of the historical
landscapes of the islands of St Kitts and St Lucia: sketching a
chronological outline of landscape change. This approach to
landscape is characterised by the integration of archaeological
field survey, standing buildings recording alongside documentary
and cartographic sources, and focuses upon producing accounts of
material change to landscapes and buildings. By providing a
long-term perspective on eastern Caribbean colonial history: from
the nature of early, effectively prehistoric contact and
interaction in the 16th century, through early permanent European
settlements and into the developed sugar societies of the 18th and
19th centuries, the study suggests a temporal and thematic
framework of landscape change that might inform the further
development of historical archaeology in the island Caribbean
region. The broader aim of the study relates to exploring how
archaeological techniques can be used to contribute a highly
detailed, empirical case study to the interdisciplinary study of
postcolonial landscapes and British colonialism. In order to
achieve this goal, the study draws upon the techniques of what has
been called the 'empirical tradition' of landscape archaeology.
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