Archaeologies of the British in Latin America

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This volume includes chapters by historical archaeologists engaged in original research examining the role of the British Empire in Latin America. The archaeology of Latin America is today a rapidly expanding field, with new research being accomplished every day. Currently, the vast amount of research is being focused on the Spanish Empire and its agents’ interactions with the region’s indigenous peoples. Spain, however, was not the only international power intent on colonizing and controlling Latin America. The British Empire had a smaller albeit significant role in the cultural history of Latin America. This history constitutes an important piece of the historical story of Latin America. Archaeologies of the British in Latin America presents the results of original research and begins a dialogue about the archaeology of the British Empire in Latin America by an international group of archaeological scholars. Fresh insights on the complex history of cultural interaction in one of the world’s most important regions are included. It will be of interest to historical archaeologists, Mesoamerican archaeologists engaged in pre-contact research, Latin American and global historians, Latin American anthropologists, material culture specialists, cultural geographers, and others interested in the cultural history of colonialism in general and in Latin America in particular. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Archaeological Research and the British in Latin America (Charles E. Orser Jr.)....Pages 1-11 Kaxil Uinic: Archaeology at a San Pedro Maya Village in Belize (Brooke Bonorden, Brett A. Houk)....Pages 13-35 Portrait of a Port: The Objects of Industry in Nineteenth-Century Acajutla, El Salvador (1805–1900) (Lauren Alston Bridges, Francisco Roberto Gallardo Mejía)....Pages 37-53 The Nineteenth-Century British Ceramics Trade to Southwestern South America: An Initial Characterization of the Archaeological Evidence from Chile (Alasdair Brooks, Simón Urbina, Leonor Adán, Diego Carabias, Valeria Sepulveda, Horacio Chiavazza et al.)....Pages 55-71 Re-Centering the Narrative: British Colonial Memory and the San Pedro Maya (Minette C. Church, Jason Yaeger, Christine A. Kray)....Pages 73-97 An English House in Alexandra Colony, Santa Fe, Argentina, 1870–1885 (Irene Dosztal)....Pages 99-120 From the Canopy to the Caye: Two of Britain’s Colonial Ventures in Nineteenth-Century Belize (Tracie Mayfield, Scott E. Simmons)....Pages 121-156 You Don’t Have to Live Like a Refugee: Consumer Culture at the Nineteenth-Century Refugee Village at Tikal, Guatemala (James Meierhoff)....Pages 157-178 Landscape of Royalization: A British Military Outpost on Roatán Island, Honduras (Lorena D. Mihok)....Pages 179-199 Railways: Landmarks and Scars in the Atlantic Rainforest (Cláudia Regina Plens)....Pages 201-218 Archaeology of the Industrial Revolution and Building Construction Systems: Edward Taylor and His Failed Project in Argentina, 1852 (Daniel Schavelzon)....Pages 219-233 Social and Environmental Impacts of British Colonial Rum Production at Betty’s Hope Plantation, Antigua (E. Christian Wells, Charlotte Goudge, Anthony R. Tricarico, Reginald Murphy, Georgia L. Fox)....Pages 235-253 The British in Latin America: Material Evidence of Empire and Beyond (Pedro Paulo A. Funari)....Pages 255-260 Back Matter ....Pages 261-267