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Author Armstrong, Douglas V

Title Creole transformation from slavery to freedom : historical archaeology of the East End community, St. John, Virgin Islands / Douglas V. Armstrong
Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 384 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents I: The east end Creole community in perspective -- 1. Introduction to the east end Creole community -- Historical background -- 3. The transformation model and an activities approach to analytical interpretation -- II: An archaeological examination of the east end community -- 4. Archaeological exploration of the east end Creole community -- 5. A changing cultural landscape: a study of community formation -- III: Household case studies -- 6. Windy Hill site complex (Hansen Bay) -- 7. Pleasant lookout -- 8. Rebecca's fancy -- IV: East end Creole: cultural transformations -- 9. Creolization and transformation: a composite look at assemblage-based analyses -- 10. Transformation: topical issues and thematic interpretations -- 11. Cultural transformations and broadening perspectives on Caribbean diversity
Summary "With the first study to address the development of a free, mixed-race Caribbean community using historical and archaeological evidence, Armstrong has provided a new direction for research and challenged accepted notions of Caribbean family structure
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-372) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Ethnology -- United States Virgin Islands -- East End
Excavations (Archaeology) -- United States Virgin Islands -- East End
Urban archaeology -- United States Virgin Islands -- East End
HISTORY -- General.
Antiquities
Ethnology
Excavations (Archaeology)
Race relations
Urban archaeology
Opgravingen.
Dorpen.
Creolisering.
SUBJECT East End (United States Virgin Islands) -- History
East End (United States Virgin Islands) -- Antiquities
East End (United States Virgin Islands) -- Race relations
Subject United States Virgin Islands -- East End
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813031811
0813031818