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DOCUMENT Citation Only Christopher Wolff.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The influence of fear on our interactions with each other and the world around us is ubiquitous. Despite this, it can be challenging to recognize its effects in the archaeological and historical record. However, built environments create enduring physical evidence and their elements reflect the cultural fears of their makers. This evidence is multiscalar,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Christopher Waters.

This paper explores the concept of fear as a useful theoretical abstraction to help understand the social anxiety of life on the island of Antigua during the eighteenth century.  Fear comes from a tripartite of internal stress caused by the large enslaved population on the island, external stress coming from the constant threat of invasion by other colonial powers in the Caribbean as well as the ever present danger of dying from the withering effects of the tropics—disease.  Archaeologically,...