More than Waffles and Beer: Some Themes and Prospects in the Archaeology of New Netherland

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "More than Pots and Pipes: New Netherland and a World Made by Trade" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

This paper considers some broad themes that connect the archaeology of the Dutch experience in North America and beyond. The Dutch international enterprise centered on commerce and the Dutch relied on the active participation of Native Americans, enslaved Africans, and European colonists in creating a world of goods, and of ideas.   As a result, a hybrid, or creole, culture of multi-level identities was formed as peoples from throughout the Atlantic Basin came into contact with one another. The Europeans held a combination of local and global identities, while others found various strategies to cope with their circumstances and profit from trade. Our paper explores and summarizes various aspects of the material record of New Netherland and suggests some future avenues of research.  

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