> I am pleased to announce that archaeological data for Seville
> Plantation, located in St. Ann's Parish, Jamaica, are now available on
> the DAACS website. Background information, site maps, Harris matrices,
> artifact and excavation images and data on over 39,000 artifacts from
> two Seville quarter sites are now accessible at www.daacs.org.
>
> Seville Plantation was excavated by Dr. Douglas Armstrong and students
> from Syracuse University between 1987 and 1993. The two sites
> presented through DAACS, Houses 15 and 16, were part of the early
> slave village located on the sugar plantation. These sites date from
> the 1670s through 1850s.
>
> Link to Seville House 15:
> http://www.daacs.org/resources/sites/SevilleHouse15/index.html
> Link to Seville House 16:
> http://www.daacs.org/resources/sites/SevilleHouse16/index.html
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> DAACS has also launched data from its preliminary fieldwork season at
> the Jessups Plantation on Nevis. In 2006, DAACS, in collaboration
> with DePaul University, the University of Southampton and National
> Liverpool Museums conducted a two week shovel-test-pit survey at two
> village sites at Jessups Plantation. Jessups I, the early village,
> has a mean ceramic date of 1741. Jessups II, the later village, has a
> mean ceramic date of 1780. Data will be added to these sites as
> excavations resume in subsequent years.
>
> Link to Jessups I:
> http://www.daacs.org/resources/sites/JessupsI/index.html
> Link to Jessups II:
> http://www.daacs.org/resources/sites/JessupsII/index.html
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> DAACS now contains standardized, downloadable data for 30 slave
> quarter sites from around the Atlantic Region. They include 19
> Virginia sites, two Maryland sites, seven Jamaica sites, and two sites
> on Nevis.
>
> Link to All Archaeological Sites in DAACS:
> http://www.daacs.org/resources/sites/
>
> Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions about DAACS.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jillian Galle
>
> Jillian Galle
> Project Manager,
> Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery
> Monticello
> 434-984-9873
> www.daacs.org
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