Excavating Alcatrazes, Santiago Island, Cape Verde: early colonial impacts on land, people and material culture

Citation

Evans C, Sørensen M, Castilla-Beltrán A, Nogué S, Casimiro TM, Detry C, Hamilton-Dyer S & Lima JS (2025) Excavating Alcatrazes, Santiago Island, Cape Verde: early colonial impacts on land, people and material culture. Antiquity. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10149

Abstract
Excavations at Alcatrazes, the seat of Cape Verde’s short-lived second captaincy, have exposed a Portuguese colonial settlement, demonstrating continued occupation after the relocation of its official offices. The results include insights into early Luso-African practices and the presence of West African and local-made pottery, with environmental samples ‘clocking’ colonial introductions.

Keywords
Africa; colonial; palynology; pottery; environment; slavery

Journal
Antiquity

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