Maritime Cultural Landscapes Of São Tomé And Príncipe - The Results Of A Field Mission

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Early Modern Seaports in the Context of Global Cities Emergency. Harbour, Maritime and Landscape Archaeology", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Starting from the concept forged by Westerdahl in 1992 and during a mission in São Tomé and Príncipe in February 2020, in the framework of the “CONCHA Project - The construction of early modern global Cities and oceanic networks in the Atlantic: An approach via Ocean’s Cultural Heritage”, we intended to make a first approach to the cultural maritime landscape of São Tomé and Príncipe, in which the connection between the Santomeans and the Ocean acquires special importance. The canoes, fisheries and the piers have a direct connection with the sea, and although it may not seem so, so are its fortified heritage, its forests and its traditions. All these elements in symbiosis with the fishing communities that live mainly from marine resources. Our presentation aims to show the importance of these elements and how they shape the landscape of the islands.  

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Early Modern Seaports in the Context of Global Cities Emergency. Harbour, Maritime and Landscape Archaeology   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2023

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