Historical archaeology of Africa (Other Keyword)
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Up From the Ruins: archaeology in the making in São Tomé (São Tomé e Príncipe) (2024)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. ‘Archaeology’ often evokes elusive traces of the past, buried by the sands of time and waiting to be ‘found.’ This is not the case for Praia Melão, where monumental ruins provide the only tangible testament to São Tomé’s early plantation history. Despite its architectural magnificence, neighboring populations do not relate to the...