The maintenance of cultural and personal identities of enslaved Africans and British Soldiers at the Brimstone Hill Fortress, St. Kitts, West Indies

Historical Archaeology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 38-49

  Schroedl, Gerald F ^a   Ahlman, Todd M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Louis Berger Group   (United States)

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EID: 27444438630     PISSN: 04409213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03374368     Document Type: Review

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