Life at the Salty Edge of Empire: The Maritime Cultural Landscape at the Orange Saltpan on Bonaire, 1821

Life at the Salty Edge of Empire: The Maritime Cultural Landscape at the Orange Saltpan on Bonaire, 1821–1960

Published:2022-05-03 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1092-7697
Container-title:International Journal of Historical Archaeology
language:en
Short-container-title:Int J Histor Archaeol

Author:

Stelten Ruud,Antczak Konrad A.^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractThe early modern history of the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire has to a large extent been influenced by its most valuable resource: solar salt. Through a multidisciplinary approach combining a landscape study, underwater and terrestrial archaeological surveys, and documentary research, the maritime cultural landscape of Bonaire’s southernmost saltpan is analyzed holistically, revealing new aspects of the lives of the people who lived and toiled there.

Funder

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),History,Archeology,Geography, Planning and Development

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10761-022-00660-9.pdf

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