出版社:South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
摘要:Archaeological sites from eighteenth century Jamaica contain significant quantities of locally-produced coarse earthenware. Historical accounts are replete with references to street markets through which enslaved and freed African Jamaicans bought and sold goods, including such earthenwares and the products contained within them. This study attempts to understand the significance of these markets and determine the scale of the informal economic sector in which enslaved and free African Jamaicans operated through ceramic compositional analysis