Stone Artifacts and Glass Tools from Enslaved African Contexts on St. Kitts’ Southeast Peninsula

Ahlman, Todd M.; Braly, Bobby R.; Schroedl, Gerald F.

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“…The nearest sources of chert are reported to be Saddle Hill on Nevis (Bellamy 2002), the south-east peninsula of St Kitts (Ahlman et al 2014), and the limestone outcrops of Antigua (Donovan et al 2014). The presence of a small quantity of flint and chert chips and three re-touched items, together with a hammerstone, may indicate prehistoric activity on the natural terrace on the side of Mount Nevis.…”

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“…Sheila Hamilton-Dyer Chapter 3: Upper rawlins materials should also be considered. On neighbouring St Kitts, the expedient use of flint or chert by enslaved Africans on plantations has been suggested as a means to create fire flints, with debitage a by-product of the manufacture, although some stone tools may have been used on wood and other soft materials (Ahlman et al 2014). It has been suggested that the fire flints were not confined to household use but were used for trade in formal or informal markets as part of an economy in which enslaved Africans made and sold pottery, and traded crops and animals (Ahlman et al 2014, 20-1).…”

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“…, there is no indigenous source of flint in Nevis and the material is either imported from other Caribbean islands such as the south-east peninsula of neighbouring St Kitts(Ahlman et al 2014) or Antigua with its limestone deposit and within sight of Nevis(Donovan et al 2014); or most likely from Europe or North America. Alley in Charlestown, Fenton Hill and Mountravers.…”

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Searching for the 17th Century on Nevis: The Survey and Excavation of Two Early Plantation Sites

Philpott¹,

Leech²,

Morris³

2021

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Searching for the 17th Century on Nevis is the first of a series of monographs dedicated to the archaeological investigation of the landscape, buildings and artefacts of the Eastern Caribbean by the Nevis Heritage Project. This volume presents the results of documentary research and excavation on two sugar plantation sites on the island of Nevis. Upper Rawlins, located high on Nevis mountain, was occupied in the late 17th and early 18th century and abandoned early. Fenton Hill was occupied from the mid-17th to the mid-19th century and originated with an earthfast timber building, probably a dwelling house, later converted to a kitchen and encapsulated in stone about 1700. The adjacent main house was probably destroyed in the French raid of 1706 and rebuilt in timber. The final occupation was by Portuguese Madeiran labourers, who were introduced to fill a labour force shortage in the 1840s. Detailed reports on the finds assemblage include discussions of the handmade, bonfired Afro-Caribbean pottery made by enslaved African women, imported European ceramics and glass, clay tobacco pipes, metalwork and building materials. The dominance of imported goods from south-western England demonstrates the strong mercantile links between Nevis and Bristol, but local Nevis production of ceramics adds new insights into the estate-based ceramic production on European lines.

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