The article reports on archaeologists search for archaeological sites of the Maroons, runaway slaves of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in West Indies. Archaeologists claim that Maroons have the ability to become invisible. The efficacy of their tactic has made them elusive to slavery. It states that the constant threat of recapture and castigation on the island of Saint Croix led them to hide in remote, defensible spots that were hard to see. Moreover, archaeologists face difficulties in predicting the locations of the Maroons because they are do not leave any evidence of their presence.
Paul R. Fish (author / Department of Anthropology), Charles M. Baker (author / Department of Anthropology), Charles Pearson (author / Department of Anthropology), and Institute of Community and Area Development, University of Georgia
Format:
Pamphlet
Publication Date:
June 1977
Published:
Institute of Community and Area Development, University of Georgia
Location:
City Planning & Landscape Architecture Reference and Resource Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 29; Folder: 18
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
209 p, Contents: Introduction -- The first human colonization of the Caribbean -- The Saladoid phenomenon -- The Taíno -- The Caribbean on the eve of European contact -- The Caribbean after the arrival of Europeans -- Conclusions
