The Life History of an Enslaved African
Multiple Isotope Evidence for Forced Childhood Migration from Africa to the Caribbean and Associated Dietary Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8352300 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J E Laffoon (0000-0002-8821-805X, Faculty of Archaeology Leiden University 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands, corresponding author), Ryan Espersen (0000-0001-8229-5786, Leiden University, corresponding author), Hayley L Mickleburgh (0000-0001-9326-8097, Leiden University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 350-365 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeometry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-813X • E-ISSN: 1475-4754 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/arcm.12354 |
| OpenAlex | W2789836807 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 44 |
Archaeological excavations of an enslaved African domestic area at the Spring Bay Flat plantation on the island of Saba, Dutch Caribbean, uncovered a small concentration of artefacts (shell, metal nails, animal bones and five human teeth) overlaid with a lock hinge, interpreted as a lockbox and its contents. Dental anthropological and multi‐isotope (strontium, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen) analyses of the teeth revealed that they belonged to a single individual who originated from Africa and survived a period of pronounced nutritional stress as a juvenile. The results provide rare insights into the life history of an individual who probably experienced enslavement, (forced) migration from Africa and adaptation to plantation life in the colonial‐era Caribbean
Archaeology · Biology · Ethnology · Geography · Juvenile · Later Stone Age · Pleistocene · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |