Honoring Ancestors in Sacred Space The Archaeology of an Eighteenth-Century African-Bahamian Cemetery |
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| Author:
| Turner, Grace |
| Series title: | Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-68340-020-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2017 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $74.95 |
Book Description:
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Throughout life black Africans in the Bahamas 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.
Throughout life black Africans in the Bahamas 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.