Title Creole transformation from slavery to freedom : historical archaeology of the East End community, St. John, Virgin Islands / Douglas V. Armstrong.

Publication Info.	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2003]
	©2003

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Description	1 online resource (xviii, 384 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-372) and index.
Contents	I: The east end Creole community in perspective -- 1. Introduction to the east end Creole community -- Historical background -- 3. The transformation model and an activities approach to analytical interpretation -- II: An archaeological examination of the east end community -- 4. Archaeological exploration of the east end Creole community -- 5. A changing cultural landscape: a study of community formation -- III: Household case studies -- 6. Windy Hill site complex (Hansen Bay) -- 7. Pleasant lookout -- 8. Rebecca's fancy -- IV: East end Creole: cultural transformations -- 9. Creolization and transformation: a composite look at assemblage-based analyses -- 10. Transformation: topical issues and thematic interpretations -- 11. Cultural transformations and broadening perspectives on Caribbean diversity.
Summary	"With the first study to address the development of a free, mixed-race Caribbean community using historical and archaeological evidence, Armstrong has provided a new direction for research and challenged accepted notions of Caribbean family structure.
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Subject	East End (United States Virgin Islands) -- History.
	East End (United States Virgin Islands) -- Antiquities.
	East End (United States Virgin Islands) -- Race relations.
	Ethnology -- United States Virgin Islands -- East End.
	Ethnology.
	United States Virgin Islands -- East End.
	Excavations (Archaeology) -- United States Virgin Islands -- East End.
	Excavations (Archaeology)
	Urban archaeology -- United States Virgin Islands -- East End.
	Urban archaeology.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Armstrong, Douglas V. Creole transformation from slavery to freedom. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2003 0813025842 9780813025841 (DLC) 2003054085 (OCoLC)52334716
ISBN	9780813031811 (electronic book)
	0813031818 (electronic book)

Title Creole transformation from slavery to freedom : historical archaeology of the East End community, St. John, Virgin Islands / Douglas V. Armstrong.

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