Overview

This volume uses archaeological and historical evidence to reconstruct daily life at Betty's Hope plantation on the island of Antigua, one of the largest sugar plantations in the Caribbean. It demonstrates the rich information that multidisciplinary studies can provide about the effects of sugarcane agriculture on the region and its people.Drawing on ten years of research at the 300-year-old site, these essays uncover the plantation's inner workings as well as its connections to broader historical developments in the Atlantic World. Excavations at the Great House reveal similarities to other British colonial sites, and the detailed records of the plantation owners describe their involvement in the slave trade. Artifacts uncovered from slave quarters—ceramic game tokens, repurposed bottle glass, and musket balls converted to fishing weights—speak to the agency of slaves in the face of difficult living conditions. Contributors also use documentary records and soil analysis to demonstrate how three centuries of sugarcane monocropping caused soil degradation that still affects the island.Today tourism has long surpassed sugar as Antigua's primary economic driver. Looking at visitor exhibits and new technologies for exploring and interpreting the site, the volume discusses best practices in cultural heritage management at Betty's Hope and other locations that are home to contested historical narratives of a colonial past. A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

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Author:   Georgia L. Fox
Publisher:   University Press of Florida
Imprint:   University Press of Florida
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9781683401285

ISBN 10:   168340128
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   25 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"List of Figures List of Tables Preface 1. Introduction — Georgia L. Fox 2. The Great House — Georgia L. Fox 3. Food Provisioning at Betty's Hope Planation, 1780s-1850s — Geneviève Godbout 4. Not Much Ado about Mollusks: Zooarchaeological Analysis of Mollusks at Betty's Hope Plantation in Antigua, West Indies — Alexis Ohman 5. Agriculture at Betty's Hope — Georgia L. Fox 6. ""Primed with Flip And Toddy:"" The Globalized Material Culture of Rum Production at Betty's Hope — Charlotte Goudge 7. The Landscape Legacies of Sugar and Rum: An Historical-Ecological Perspective from Betty's Hope — Suzanna M. Pratt, E. Christian Wells, and Anthony R. Tricarico 8. Barbuda and the Provisioning of the Codrington Estates on Antigua — Jennifer L. Anderson 9. Beyond the Plantation: the Codringtons, Betty's Hope, and the Defense of Antigua, 1670-1714 — Christopher R. Waters 10. Reconstructing a History of Plantation Spaces at Betty's Hope — Cory Look 11. Enslaved Life at Betty's Hope — Georgia L. Fox 12. ""Choicest of the Cargoe:"" Antigua, The Codringtons, and the Slave Trade, c. 1672-1808 — James F. Dator 13. Chemical Sourcing of Afro-Antiguan Wares from Betty's Hope Plantation: A Comparative Analysis — Benjamin Kirby 14. Using UAVs to Manage Archaeological Heritage: A Multi-Scale Analysis Approach — Erin Friedman, Cory Look, and Matthew Brown 15. The Restoration of the Betty's Hope North Windmill, Antigua, West Indies — Reginald Murphy 16. A Scenic Route to Interpretation: The Betty's Hope Visitors Center Exhibition as Cultural Heritage Management — Amanda Kramp List of Contributors Index"

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Georgia L. Fox, professor of anthropology at California State University, Chico, is the author of The Archaeology of Smoking and Tobacco.

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