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"Next to the Sea are Many Fine Cannon": Archaeology of the Original English Trading Center in the Caribbean (2024)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Raymond L. Hayes. Cameron Gill. Dennis Knepper. Francois van der Hoeven.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 1624-25, Thomas Warner established an English colony on St. Kitts. Concurrently, French brigantines anchored there. The settlers were resisted by indigenous Caribs, but joined forces to crush native uprisings. France occupied both northern and southern quarters of the island; England controlled the central half. Fig Tree...