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Puerto Real

The Archaeology of a Sixteenth-Century Spanish Town in Hispaniola
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Essays on the history and excavation of a key site for understanding early Spanish colonization in the Caribbean Puerto Real, Haiti, is the site of the largest and most intensive archaeological excavation of any Spanish colony in the Caribbean. It is a primary data source for understanding all Spanish colonial ventures in the region and a vital archival source for anyone concerned with the early history of European colonization in the New World. The essays in this volume are written by the international specialists who carried out the fieldwork at Puerto Real. They include a firsthand account by William H. Hodges, who discovered the site and brought it to the attention of archaeologists in Haiti and the United States, and discussion of the multiracial interactions of the Spaniards, Indigenous people, and Africans who lived there.
Kathleen Deagan is Distinguished Research Curator of Archaeology Emerita and the Emerita Lockwood Professor of Florida and Caribbean Archaeology at the University of Florida. Her many books include En Bas Saline: A Taino Town before and after Columbus.
Part 1: The Contexts and Background of Puerto Real How We Found Puerto Real, by William H. Hodges Historical Archaeology at Puerto Real, by Kathleen Deagan The Natural and Cultural Settings of Puerto Real, by William H. Hodges, Kathleen Deagan, and Elizabeth Reitz A General History of Puerto Real, by William H. Hodges and Eugene Lyon Part 2: Community Organization and the Public Sector Spatial Patterning and Community Organization at Puerto Real, by Maurice Williams Empire and Architecture at Puerto Real: The Archaeology of Public Space, by Raymond F. Willis Archaeology in the Public Sector: Building B, by Rochelle Marrinan Part 3: The Spanish Households of Puerto Real Spanish Precedents and Domestic Life at Puerto Real: The Archaeology of Two Spanish Homesites, by Bonnie G. McEwan Merchants and Cattlemen: The Archaeology of a Commercial Structure at Puerto Real, by Kathleen Deagan and Elizabeth J. Reitz Part 4: Syntheses Animals, Environment, and the Spanish Diet at Puerto Real, by Elizabeth J. Reitz and Bonnie G. McEwan Indians and Africans at Puerto Real: The Ceramic Evidence, by Greg C. Smith Part 5: Epilogue The Aftermath of Puerto Real: Archaeology at Bayaha, by Jennifer M. Hamilton and William H. Hodges After Columbus: The Sixteenth-Century Spanish-Caribbean Frontier, by Kathleen Deagan
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