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The Archaeology of Creolisation in Speightstown, Barbados, and Beyond, AD 1650–1900

Bibliographic Data

ID8887779
AuthorsNiall Finneran (0000-0001-7945-8839, University of Winchester, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume93
Pages319-351
Publication date2013-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Antiquaries Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-5815 • E-ISSN: 1758-5309
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s000358151300022x
OpenAlexW2129213144
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited57

Studies of creole material cultures in historical archaeological frameworks in the Americas and Caribbean from the sixteenth century onwards emphasise the diversity and dynamism of cultural traits that are rooted in a range of different backgrounds: indigenous, African and European. Using a case study based upon recent historical and multidisciplinary archaeological research in north-western Barbados, this paper seeks to chart the development of a distinct vernacular Barbadian creole material culture over the period 1650–1900. It is argued here that the evolution of a strong and characteristic local cultural identity, as evidenced by recent archaeological research, counters the usual perception, common among historians of the period, that the plantocracy and its associated agents merely sought to reproduce English culture in the tropics. In fact the cultural picture as presented here is far more nuanced, and has implications for wider historical archaeological studies in the region

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Creole language · Dynamism · Ethnology · Geography · Indigenous · Linguistics · Literature · Period (music · Sociology · Vernacular · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Ecology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History

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