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This is a poster submission presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Louisbourg fortress (Nova Scotia, now Canada) is an exceptional site for the study of ceramics from the first half of the 18th century. Millions of fragments and complete pieces have been documented there during archaeological excavations. In particular, the amount of Rhenish stoneware in Louisbourg, a type little studied until now, is comparatively very small (less than 10,000...
In the Shadow of Roots: History, Memory and Archaeology in The Gambia (2013)
The legacy of Roots on Gambia is the alteration of memory and history. Haley’s tale and seemingly academic use of documentary and oral histories lent credibility to his story, resulting in the novel replacing previous collective memory of Juffure’s founding and its Atlantic past. As a result of the rise in African Diaspora tourism in Gambia following the novel’s publication, a national identity emerged dependent on the persona of Kunta Kinte and victimization through the slave trade. This is...
Provisioning the Coast: Salt, grain and Atlantic Commerce on the Gambia River (2023)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Sal, Bacalhau e Açúcar : Trade, Mobility, Circular Navigation and Foodways in the Atlantic World", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. At the time of Portuguese arrival on the Gambia River (1446) the coastal polity of Niumi was a local source for salt for the interior and caravans coming to the coast. The region's entanglement in Atlantic commerce at various points between the 17th and 20th centuries lead to a...