Archaeology of marronage in the Caribbean Antilles

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ID5329792
AuthorsTheresa A Singleton (0000-0003-3486-5734, Syracuse University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Issue35
Pages1-13
Publication date2020-12-21
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0103-9709 • E-ISSN: 2448-1750
PublisherUniversidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.2020.164882
OpenAlexW3134090812
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

The archaeological study of maroons in the Caribbean Antilles presents both opportunities and challenges. On small islands, runaways had few places where they could seek refuge from slavery and elude capture for long periods of time. Consequently, such sites were occupied briefly and have been difficult to locate and identify. The Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico) had both short-term refuge sites and long-term settlements comparable to quilombos. Archaeologists have been most successful in their investigations maroons in Cuba and Jamaica. In Hispaniola, where I am working at the present, only a few cave sites and one presumed maniel (the local term for a long-term maroon settlements) have been studied. In this paper, I provide an overview of the archaeological study of maroons on the Caribbean Islands and my preliminary research to locate El Maniel de Ocoa, a major settlement of slave runaways for over a hundred years during 1500s-1660s

Archaeology · Caribbean island · Caribbean region · Cave · Ethnology · Geography · Human settlement · Latin Americans · Maroon · Martinique · Settlement (finance · West indies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

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