This volume uses archaeological and historical evidence to
reconstruct daily life at Betty's Hope plantation on the island of
Antigua, one of the largest sugar plantations in the Caribbean. It
demonstrates the rich information that multidisciplinary studies
can provide about the effects of sugarcane agriculture on the
region and its people.Drawing on ten years of research at the
300-year-old site, these essays uncover the plantation's inner
workings as well as its connections to broader historical
developments in the Atlantic World. Excavations at the Great House
reveal similarities to other British colonial sites, and the
detailed records of the plantation owners describe their
involvement in the slave trade. Artifacts uncovered from slave
quarters-ceramic game tokens, repurposed bottle glass, and musket
balls converted to fishing weights-speak to the agency of slaves in
the face of difficult living conditions. Contributors also use
documentary records and soil analysis to demonstrate how three
centuries of sugarcane monocropping caused soil degradation that
still affects the island.Today tourism has long surpassed sugar as
Antigua's primary economic driver. Looking at visitor exhibits and
new technologies for exploring and interpreting the site, the
volume discusses best practices in cultural heritage management at
Betty's Hope and other locations that are home to contested
historical narratives of a colonial past. A volume in the Florida
Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series
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