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The Jewish Community of Early Colonial Nevis. A Historical Archaeological Study.
Michelle M. Terrell
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Description for The Jewish Community of Early Colonial Nevis. A Historical Archaeological Study.
Two mysteries unfold in this unusual story of an archaeological investigation: What happened to the forgotten Sephardic Jews who existed 300 years ago on the island of Nevis in the eastern Caribbean? And how does an archaeologist deal with the frustrations, tribulations, and false leads of the evolving research process? Num Pages: 200 pages, 36 illustrations, 5 tables, 5 maps, notes. BIC Classification: 1KJWVK; 3JD; HDD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Two mysteries unfold in this unusual story of an archaeological investigation: What happened to the forgotten Sephardic Jews who existed 300 years ago on the island of Nevis in the eastern Caribbean? And how does an archaeologist deal with the frustrations, tribulations, and false leads of the evolving research process? In the 1990s, Michelle Terrell set out to study the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community in Charlestown, the capital of the former British West Indian colony of Nevis. Islanders led her to a spot that traditionally had been identified as the site of a 17th-century Jewish synagogue located near an ... Read more
Two mysteries unfold in this unusual story of an archaeological investigation: What happened to the forgotten Sephardic Jews who existed 300 years ago on the island of Nevis in the eastern Caribbean? And how does an archaeologist deal with the frustrations, tribulations, and false leads of the evolving research process? In the 1990s, Michelle Terrell set out to study the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community in Charlestown, the capital of the former British West Indian colony of Nevis. Islanders led her to a spot that traditionally had been identified as the site of a 17th-century Jewish synagogue located near an ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813027869
SKU
V9780813027869
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About Michelle M. Terrell
Michelle M. Terrell, a registered professional archaeologist who works in Minnesota, has received numerous awards for her scholarship, including the 2001 Society for Historical Archeology Dissertation Award and the 1996 Edwin S. and Ruth M. White Prize from the Boston University Humanities Foundation.
Reviews for The Jewish Community of Early Colonial Nevis. A Historical Archaeological Study.
"This is an outstanding and absorbind piece of work. Terrell recreates both the world of the 17th-century Sephardic diaspora and the process of archaeological research with skill." - Adrian Praetzellis, Sonoma State University"