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Douglas V. Armstrong
Harriet Tubman's social activism as well as her efforts as a soldier, nurse, and spy have been retold in countless books and films and have justly elevated her to iconic status in American history. Given her fame and contributions, it is surprising h
Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 As a source of colonial wealth and a crucible for global culture, Jamaica has had a profound impact on the formation of the modern world system. From the island's economic and military
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Douglas V. Armstrong
Publikováno v:
Historical Archaeology. 53:468-491
The origins of capitalism in the British West Indies began as part of the revolutionary shift to sugar and slavery in Barbados in the second quarter of the 17th-century. This study examines the origins of capitalism in Barbados through the exploratio
Publikováno v:
Antiquity. 93
In 2017, Hurricane Maria exposed a colonial-era settlement at LaSoye on the Caribbean island of Dominica. Evidence suggests that this was a seventeenth- to eighteenth-century Dutch trading factory built over an earlier Kalinago settlement, and a plac
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Slavery & Abolition. 35:399-417
This article presents methodologies employed in, and initial interpretations of, an archaeological study of a pre-sugar and sugar era Barbadian plantation. A close examination of a 1646 map reveals a pre-sugar landscape in transition as the island wa
Autor:
Douglas V. Armstrong
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Historical Archaeology. 48:1-8
Autor:
Douglas V. Armstrong, Mark W. Hauser
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Journal of Social Archaeology. 12:310-333
In this article we examine the role of informal settlements inhabited by Europeans, Africans and, potentially, indigenous people in the eighteenth-century insular Caribbean. Rather than simply being frontier settlements established in anticipation of
Autor:
Douglas V. Armstrong, Alan Armstrong
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Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage. 1:41-78
Archaeological research at the Harriet Tubman Home in New York uncovered the importance of bricks and brickmaking to the social history concerning Tubman and the local African-American community. The remains of a brick kiln were recovered on the prop
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Douglas V. Armstrong
Publikováno v:
Antiquity. 84:146-160
The anniversary of the abolition of slavery was justly celebrated worldwide in 2007. But what is the character of freedom, how does it relate to material culture, and how can archaeology study it? The author here summarises ideas he has been developi