From Spaniard to Creole: The Archaeology of Cultural Formation at Puerto Real, Haiti

by Charles R. Ewen

While most studies of intercultural contact focus on the impact of the intrusive power on the native culture, this book examines the effects of the colonization process on the Spaniards in the New World during the 16th century. The site of Puerto Real on the north coast of Haiti serves as a case study. Based on the results of excavations at both Puerto Real and St. Augustine, Florida, this study suggests that the introduction of New World and African...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817304983
• ISBN13: 9780817304980
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.6"