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020 _a9781683400202 (cloth : alk. paper)
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100 1 _aTurner, Grace,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aHonoring ancestors in sacred space :
_bthe archaeology of an eighteenth-century African-Bahamian cemetery /
_cGrace Turner.
300 _ax, 180 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c24 cm.
490 1 _aFlorida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 159-170) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: basic assumptions -- An overview of Bahamian history in context -- African influence on 18th and 19th century cemeteries -- European influence on 18th and 19th century cemeteries -- St. Matthew's northern burial ground -- Bioarchaeological analysis of remains -- Interpretations of artifacts and ecofacts.
520 2 _aThroughout life black Africans in the Bahamas worked, voluntarily or not, and possessed material items of various degrees of importance to them and within their culture. St. Matthews was a cemetery in Nassau at the water's edge--or sometimes slightly below. This project emerged from archaeological excavations at this site to identify and recover materials associated with the interred before the area was completely developed. The area has been "collected" for decades--both professionally and by interested citizens, and Dr. Turner, a native Bahamian, coupled the results of her research excavations with the collections and archival material, to provide insight into the lives and deaths of the interred.
650 0 _aBlacks
_zBahamas
_zNassau
_xAntiquities.
650 0 _aCemeteries
_zBahamas
_zNassau.
650 0 _aEthnoarchaeology
_zBahamas
_zNassau.
650 0 _aExcavations (Archaeology)
_zBahamas
_zNassau.
650 0 _aAfrican diaspora.
651 0 _aNassau (Bahamas)
_xAntiquities.
830 0 _aRipley P. Bullen series.
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