Life In The Caledonia Valley: Update On The St. Croix Maroon Archaeological Project
Author(s): Ashley H. McKeown; Todd M. Ahlman
Year: 2025
Summary
This is a poster submission presented at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
In 2024, we returned to St. Croix’s Maroon Country to search for additional evidence of self-liberated Crucian habitation sites in St. Croix’s northwest hills. This effort builds upon our previous research that found tantalizing evidence for Maroon settlements on flat areas along the steep slopes of the Caledonia Valley. In a year of intense rain, the dense rain forest was difficult and unforgiving; however, the conditions we encountered enhance our understanding of the Caledonia Ghaut’s ecology and resources, such as accessibility of water and likely food sources, that were available to self-liberated Crucians.
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Life In The Caledonia Valley: Update On The St. Croix Maroon Archaeological Project. Ashley H. McKeown, Todd M. Ahlman. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2025 ( tDAR id: 508673)
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