Historical archaeology in South Africa : material culture of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape / Carmel Schrire with contributions by Jeffrey J. Durst, Adam Robert Heinrich, Stacey C. Jordan, Jane Klose, and Carolyn L. White.

Author
Schrire, Carmel [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2014]
Description
287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)

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    Summary note
    Supplemental CD-ROM contents: Includes a video reconstruction plus a comprehensive catalogue and colour illustrations of the artifacts in the corpus.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • The background of the archaeology of the VOC at the Cape / Carmel Schrire
    • History, architecture and archaeology of selected VOC sites at the Cape / Carmel Schrire
    • Faunal analysis and the development of the meat industry at the VOC Cape in the 17th and 18th centuries / Adam Robert Heinrich and Carmel Schrire
    • Asian ceramic collections from VOC sites at the Cape / Jane Klose and Carmel Schrire
    • Coarse earthenware collections from VOC sites at the Cape / Stacey C. Jordan
    • European stoneware collections from VOC sites at the Cape / Stacey C. Jordan
    • Tin-glazed, refined and industrial earthenwares from VOC sites at the Cape / Carmel Schrire and Jane Klose
    • Glass collections from VOC sites at the Cape / Carmel Schrire
    • Objects of personal adornment at VOC sites at the Cape / Carolyn L. White
    • Metals and associated artifacts from Oudepost I, Cape / Carmel Schrire
    • Analysis of gunflints from VOC sites at the Cape / Jeffrey J. Durst
    • Implications and prospects of the archaeology of the VOC at the Cape / Carmel Schrire
    • Appendix A. Castle of Good Hope : archaeological excavations 1970s-1990
    • Appendix B. Reconstructing Oudepost I, the VOC outpost at Saldanha Bay / Patricia Schwindinger
    • Appendix C. Oudepost I : Stratigraphic units listed within each area from youngest to oldest
    • Appendix D. Oudepost I : Analysis of bowl shapes from intertidal dump, DP
    • Appendix E. Objects of personal adornment.
    • Contents of CD-ROM. PDF catalogs of the collections. Asian ceramics ; Coarse earthenware ; European stoneware ; Glass ; Gunflints ; Metal and molds ; Personal adornment ; Refined earthenware ; Tin glazed earthenware
    • Selected color images
    • Video (Reconstruction, Appendix B) about the reconstruction of the VOC outpost at Oudepost I.
    ISBN
    • 9781598741643 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 1598741640 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 1611327695 ((consumer ebook))
    • 9781611327694
    • 1611327741 ((institutional ebook))
    • 9781611327748
    LCCN
    2014000035
    OCLC
    867425552
    Other standard number
    • 40024490479
    • 99961498239
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