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This is an abstract from the session entitled "“Folkeliv” and Black Folks’ Lives: Archaeology, History, and Contemporary Black Atlantic Communities", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Today the Cape Verde islands are an independent country with a distinct culture encapsulated in the Kruolu/Kriol language. In the colonial past this culture extended to regions of coastal West Africa through a trading network whose reach was beyond that of Afro-European...
A Comparison of Beads Recovered at Fort St. Joseph (2025)
This is a poster submission presented at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Made of glass, ceramic, and bone, hundreds of beads have been recovered through archaeological excavations at Fort St. Joseph, an eighteenth-century mission, garrison, and trading post located in present-day Niles, Michigan. Beads were selected by residents of the fort for use and trade based on accessibility, functionality, and personal preferences. To gain a better understanding of...
An Intracoastal Waterway and Trading Port System in Prehispanic Northwest Yucatán, Mexico (2016)
Archaeological and historical research along the northwest coast of the Yucatán peninsula during the last half century have led to a preliminary reconstruction of a 200 km-long navigable intracoastal waterway between the Celestun estuary and Dzilám de Bravo during the Classic period. Along this waterway are remains of settlements, ports, and port complexes that supported an extensive trade network that connected northern Yucatan to more distant trade networks to the south, via the coast of...