Ryan Espersen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1067204 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryan Espersen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryan |
| FAMILY NAME | Espersen |
| SIGNATURE | ESPERSEN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8229-5786 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Unforgotten
The effectiveness of archaeological predictive maps
Purpose Archaeological predictive maps can be valuable tools for planning officers, spatial developers and archaeologists. In 2012, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science asked the St Eustatius Center for Archaeological Research (SECAR) to create archaeological predictive maps for St Eustatius and Saba. The maps were supposed to contribute to more effective management and protection of archaeological sites. The maps were published i…
Fifty Shades of Trade
From 1816 to the 1830s, the islands of St. Eustatius, Saba, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, and St. Barts were actively engaged with illicit trade in ships, prize goods, and the transatlantic slave trade. Ships' crews, governors, and merchants took advantage of the islands' physical, political, and legal environments to effectively launder goods, ships, and people that were actively involved in these activities. St. Thomas stands out due to the longevit…
Cist graves on Saba
From Hell’s Gate to the Promised Land
The Life History of an Enslaved African
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 sin…
Water Use at Palmetto Point and Middle Island, Saba, Dutch Caribbean
The Life History of an Enslaved African
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 sin…
From Hell’s Gate to the Promised Land
Unforgotten
Water Use at Palmetto Point and Middle Island, Saba, Dutch Caribbean
From Hell’s Gate to the Promised Land
The Life History of an Enslaved African
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 sin…
The effectiveness of archaeological predictive maps
Purpose Archaeological predictive maps can be valuable tools for planning officers, spatial developers and archaeologists. In 2012, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science asked the St Eustatius Center for Archaeological Research (SECAR) to create archaeological predictive maps for St Eustatius and Saba. The maps were supposed to contribute to more effective management and protection of archaeological sites. The maps were published i…
Fifty Shades of Trade
From 1816 to the 1830s, the islands of St. Eustatius, Saba, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, and St. Barts were actively engaged with illicit trade in ships, prize goods, and the transatlantic slave trade. Ships' crews, governors, and merchants took advantage of the islands' physical, political, and legal environments to effectively launder goods, ships, and people that were actively involved in these activities. St. Thomas stands out due to the longevit…
Cist graves on Saba
Unforgotten
Geography (6 works) · History (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · Ethnology (4 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Ecology (3 works)