NSF REU Site: Exploring Globalization through Archaeology 2019–2020 Session, St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "NSF REU Site: Exploring Globalization through Archaeology 2019–2020 Session, St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean" at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
The goal of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Exploring Globalization through Archaeology site is to introduce students to scientific research through the archaeological and bioarchaeological investigation of a variety of seventeenth- to nineteenth-century sites on the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Eustatius (Statia). During the eighteenth century, Statia was one of the most important ports in the world where different communities involved in global trade responded in different ways. This project explores how individuals and communities reacted and adapted to the rise of capitalism and globalization on Statia. The 2019 investigations included archaeological excavations and visualizations of a sugar plantation (SE095) industrial sugar processing complex, continued bioarchaeological studies of an eroding unmarked cemetery (SE600), and geophysical surveys of a slave village, leper asylum, and several eighteenth-century cemeteries. Posters in this symposium highlight the breadth of research being conducted by students, project staff, and project mentors that expand our understanding of how globalization affected different communities on Statia.
Other Keywords
Historic •
Bioarchaeology/Skeletal Analysis •
Slavery •
Colonialism •
Historical Archaeology •
globalization •
Remote Sensing/Geophysics •
Migration •
Paleopathology •
Mortuary Analysis
Geographic Keywords
Department of Martinique (Country) •
Republic of El Salvador (Country) •
Department of Guadeloupe (Country) •
Cayman Islands (Country) •
Antigua and Barbuda (Country) •
Turks and Caicos Islands (Country) •
Belize (Country) •
Anguilla (Country) •
Republic of Honduras (Country) •
Republic of Haiti (Country)
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- The 2019–2020 NSF REU Exploring Globalization through Archaeology Investigations on St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean (2021)
- Analysis of Cultural Retention in an Eighteenth-Century Enslaved African Community in the Dutch Caribbean (2021)
- Applying Geophysical Prospection to Interpret Historical Burial Practices at Two Cemeteries on St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean (2021)
- Comparing Patterns of Skeletal Pathology in Enslaved Africans from an Eighteenth-Century Cemetery on St. Eustatius (2021)
- The Down and Dirty: Differential Preservation of Burials from Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Cemeteries on Sint Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean (2021)
- European Ceramics in the Caribbean: A Glimpse at Globalization during the Colonial Era (2021)
- Evaluating the Applicability of the Coimbra Method on an Archaeological Sample from Sint Eustatius (2021)
- Exploring Enslaved African Lifeways: An Isotopic Study of an Eighteenth-Century Cemetery (SE600) on St. Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands (2021)
- Geophysical Investigations of Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Sites on Sint Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean (2021)
- Modeling the Past: Using Structure from Motion (SfM) Photogrammetry to Record the Sugar Works of a Statian Plantation (2021)
- Residue Analysis of Clay Tobacco Pipes from an Eighteenth-Century St. Eustatius Plantation (2021)