Recent Investigations at the 18th Century Fort Frederik Archaeological Site and Cemetery, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
Author(s): Falicia Gordon; A. Brooke Persons
Year: 2018
Summary
In 2010, a tropical storm disturbed human remains and archaeological deposits at the Fort Frederik Archaeological Site, a multicomponent site consisting of dense 18th-19th century midden deposits associated with Fort Frederik, a two-story fortification (est. 1760) dating to the colonial development of St. Croix, then a part of the Danish West Indies. Subsequent investigations, including a geophysical survey, subsurface testing, and osteological analysis, have identified a cemetery within the site and clarified the chronological association of the disturbed remains. This presentation summarizes recent investigations, contributing to a broader understanding of the site, colonial St. Croix, and events associated with Emancipation.
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Recent Investigations at the 18th Century Fort Frederik Archaeological Site and Cemetery, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Falicia Gordon, A. Brooke Persons. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 443513)
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Keywords
General
Cultural Heritage and Preservation
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Historic
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Remote Sensing/Geophysics
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Skeletal Anaylsis
Geographic Keywords
Caribbean
Spatial Coverage
min long: -90.747; min lat: 3.25 ; max long: -48.999; max lat: 27.683 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 22358