Date of Award
2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
First Advisor
Baram, Uzi
Keywords
Slavery, Plantation Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology
Area of Concentration
Anthropology
Abstract
Very few comparative studies have been undertaken in plantation archaeology, let alone within the relatively new field of landscape archaeology. In this study I examine the particulars and universalsof power relations seen in three plantation landscapes – in Jamaica,Florida, and western Cuba. In doing so, this thesis brings out thecontributions and shortcomings of a comparative approach to plantationarchaeology studies. The comparative methodology is useful forhighlighting the contributions, experiences and responses of enslavedindividuals although the generalization risks losing the specifics forslavery in each locale. This thesis also addresses the hired labor onplantations, whose presence is often ignored in popular and academicliterature, through oral histories, a frequently undervalued andunderexplored avenue in archaeological research.
Recommended Citation
Small, Travis, "ACROSS BORDERS: A HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO PLANTATION LANDSCAPES IN FLORIDA, JAMAICA, AND WESTERN CUBA" (2013). Theses & ETDs. 6827.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/6827
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