Excavating Alcatrazes, Santiago Island, Cape Verde

Early Colonial Impacts on Land, People and Material Culture

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ID3687600
AutoresC Evans (0000-0001-9203-1354, University of Cambridge, autor correspondente), Marie-Louise Sørensen (University of Cambridge), Marie-Louise Stig Sørensen (University of Cambridge), Alvaro Castilla-Beltrán (0000-0002-0540-9062, Universidad de La Laguna), Sandra Nogué (0000-0003-0093-4252, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona), Tânia Manuel Casimiro (0000-0002-9471-6194, University of Stirling), Cleia Detry (0000-0002-5359-2500, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa), Sheila Hamilton‐dyer, Sheila Hamilton-Dyer (Independent researcher), José Rodolfo Tenório Lima (0000-0003-2453-6515, Ministry of Culture), José Silva Lima (0000-0001-7775-9363, Ministry of Culture)
Ano2025
Volume99
Fascículo408
Páginas1-9
Data de publicação2025-07-15
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
EditoraAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2025.10149
OpenAlexW4412412593
IdiomaEN
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Excavations at Alcatrazes, the seat of Cape Verde's short-lived second captaincy, have exposed a Portuguese colonial settlement, demonstrating continued occupation after the relocation of its official offices. The results include insights into early Luso-African practices and the presence of West African and local-made pottery, with environmental samples 'clocking' colonial introductions

Archaeology · Cape · Cape verde · Colonialism · Ethnology · Geography · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology