An Archaeology of Black Markets: Local Ceramics and Economies in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica

by Mark W. Hauser

"An excellent example of applying petrographic and chemical analysis to coarse earthenwares of the African Diaspora in order to examine the social networks created by enslaved laborers on Jamaica within the larger colonial and capitalist systems. . . . A wonderful contribution to Caribbean historical archaeology."--H-Net Reviews

"Uses pottery fragments and other data to examine an informal, underground economy that existed among slaves,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813049024
• ISBN13: 9780813049021
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"