Reassessing the Ballajá Archaeological Collection

Summary

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, archaeological research was undertaken in urban blocks of the Santo Domingo and Ballajá wards producing one of the largest collections from within the city walls of San Juan, Puerto Rico.  Part of the collection was transferred to the Museum of History, Anthropology and Art of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus.  This presentation explores the contents of the collection in terms of artifacts, documents, drawings, and photographs.  The objective is to delineate projects that can be carried out with students to aid in the management of the collection, and to design case studies that will further enhance our understanding of quotidian life in Spanish colonial San Juan.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Boxed but not Forgotten (Again!): The Importance of Collections-Driven Research   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2018

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): 1075