Texas State in St. Kitts Archaeological Project

This is a poster we presented at last week's Society for American Archaeology annual meeting in New Orleans. It presents a summary of our research on the southeast peninsula.

This virtual talk may be of interest to some. I'm hoping to catch it.

Join us tomorrow, Friday, October 20, at 12pm ET, for Dr. Cheryl White's talk "Looking for the African Diaspora Past". Cheryl is a professor at the Anton De Kom Universiteit van Suriname and her talk is part of a DAACS Conversation Series on archaeological research in Suriname. Register here: https://bit.ly/3LLwwDB

With Archaeology at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello

The 30th International Association for Caribbean Archaeology Congress will be on Nevis in 2024. It will be a great opportunity for folks interested in Caribbean archaeology to learn more about what is happening in the region.

Information on pre-Columbian diet from Puerto Rico. Interesting stuff. Open access.

Edible flora in pre-Columbian Caribbean coprolites: Expected and unexpected data Coprolites, or mummified f***s, are valuable sources of information on ancient cultures as they contain ancient DNA (aDNA). In this study, we analyzed ancient plant DNA isolated from coprolites belonging to two pre-Columbian cultures (Huecoid and Saladoid) from Vieques, Puerto Rico, using shotgun me...

It's been a while, but I'm hoping to get back into the habit of posting information on St. Kitts' history and archaeology. Came across information that the British Newspaper Archive has several 18th and 19th century St. Kitts newspapers online. Check out the information here: https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2021/02/08/new-titles-08-february-2021/?fbclid=IwAR27F8Cu974RDhkULPDD76oyeSd9kSF0IoKy7QsfigdmWrkBqtOF1NBFXdg

Caribbean Calling | The British Newspaper Archive Blog Introducing new newspapers from the Caribbean - historic titles from Saint Kitts, Barbados and Jamaica, as well as our first historic publication from New Zealand.

Ca. 1907 photos of the Leeward Islands. St. Kitts photos start at page 77.

Volume 5: Views of the Leeward and Windward Islands: Grenada, St Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Montserrat, Antigua, St Johns, St Kitts, ca 1907 / Sir William Dixson

Records from the Nevis courthouse are available online at the British Library. Lots of interesting information within the documents.

Eastern Caribbean Court House records. - British Library The vault of the Eastern Caribbean Court House, Nevis, holds numerous historic manuscript documents connected with the legal and colonial administration of the island. The earliest records date from 1705, with records continuing through to the 20th century. Some recent court documents are also held....

Today is Emancipation Day in the British Caribbean. Check out our article on the archaeology of post emancipation households on St. Kitts' southeast peninsula. There is also some historical synthesis in the article. Let me know if you are unable to access the article and would like a copy. I'll glad send you one.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21619441.2021.2013711?fbclid=IwAR2v0hZrEryfdPEOVkbbY7Uy0oGI2fQ6ZIAZ47BLO_vkKsxszCht8XMkcXw

Apprentice and Wage Laborer Economies in the British Caribbean: An Examination of Post-Emancipation Material Culture and Housing on St. Kitts, West Indies In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, sugar plantations in the British Caribbean struggled with falling sugar prices and increasing debts. Enslaved Africans suffered the brunt of m...

Earlier this year we had a chapter in an edited volume on British colonial landscapes. Check it out here:

Archaeological Evidence for Enslaved African Laborers from Two Locations at the Brimstone Hill Fortress, St Kitts, West Indies (Chapter 6) - The Colonial Landscape of the British Caribbean The Colonial Landscape of the British Caribbean - March 2021

Our article on post emancipation St. Kitts is finally out. Let me know if you want a copy. Check it out here:

Apprentice and Wage Laborer Economies in the British Caribbean: An Examination of Post-Emancipation Material Culture and Housing on St. Kitts, West Indies (2021). Apprentice and Wage Laborer Economies in the British Caribbean: An Examination of Post-Emancipation Material Culture and Housing on St. Kitts, West Indies. Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage. Ahead of Print.

This week's poetic feature highlights the book Calypso as Poetry the songs of Alamoulou, by Larry Armony with illustrations by Kevin Tatem. Our featured poem for this week is 'Brimstone Hill'

Mr. Armony's book can be purchased at our National Museum Gift Shop.

The Mukti Documentation and Research Centre has a collection of creative and insightful poetic books written by Kittitians and Nevisians that are ready to be read and viewed by the general public and members.

Visiting hours are Monday to Wednesday 9 AM - 3 PM and Thursday - Friday 9 AM - 1 PM.

Here are some great early 20th century photos of St. Kitts.

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