Archaeological Excavations at Wallblake Estate, Anguilla, 2017-2019.

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Archaeological survey and excavation began in 2017 at the 18th – 19th century Wallblake Estate on Anguilla, to examine the major activity areas of the sugar plantation. The survey recorded the standing structures, ruins, and field walls of the central complex. In addition, it examined the probable location of the enslaved Africans’ village, first identified during a preliminary survey in 2016. In 2017 and 2018, samples of materials from both the extant plantation house and kitchen were excavated to compare to materials excavated at the enslaved Africans’ village. Between 2017 and 2019 a grid of shovel tests was excavated over the village area that identified artifact concentrations which were tested with 1x1 meter excavation units. Analysis of the recovered artifacts, along with their spatial distributions, yielded insights on the locations of the houses and ways of life of the enslaved African or African-descended population of the plantation.

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• SHA 2022 General Sessions   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2022

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