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| Things you need to know about the Stewart Castle Main House before you
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Field measurements are in meters and centimeters. |
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Excavation units and shovel-test-pits at both the Main House and
Village are on the UTM grid system.
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Thirty-six shovel-test-pits were excavated at the Stewart Castle Main
House in 2007. More extensive area excavations are planned for subsequent
seasons.
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Acknowledgements DAACS is extremely grateful for the generous support of The Reed
Foundation, which provided scholarships and internships for students from the
University of the West Indies, Mona.
The DAACS field work at Stewart Castle would not have occurred without
the support and colloboration of Louis Nelson, Associate Professor of
Architectural History of UVA, and director of The Falmouth Field School in
Architectural History. He introduced DAACS to the Stewart Castle site in 2005
and has been a strong supporter of the DAACS program.
Many thanks to the wonderful students, interns, and volunteers who put
such incredible energy into the field and laboratory work for Anthropology 382:
The Falmouth Field School in Historical Archaeology (University of Virginia).
They include: Vanessa Bonner (UWI), Lauren Burn (UWI), John Chenoweth (UCB),
Vanessa Clark (UWI), Shemika Crawford (UWI), Anna Doctor (UWI), Clive Grey
(UWI), Shailean Hardy (UWI), Alexandra Jones (UCB), Sarah Kidder (COC), Brian
McCray (UVA), Andrew Mullan (UVA), Susan Sherwood (UMW), and Julene Wright
(UWI). Students from The Falmouth Field School in Historic Preservation also
particpated throughout the field season.
The project is indebted to Rim Patterson-Gooden, John Reynolds, Peter
Maxwell, and Kemar Walters for their incredible machete skills and valued
guidance. The site would have been inpenetrable without them. James Parrent and
his fabulous staff at Falmouth Heritage Renewal, in Falmouth Jamaica, ensured
that the field school ran smoothly each day. To find out more about the good
work that Falmouth Heritage Renewal is doing to preserve the historic landscape
of Falmouth, while providing training in the building trades, please go to:
http://www.falmouthjamaica.org/.
Edward Chappell (Director of Architectural Research, Colonial
Williamsburg) and Matthew Webster (Director Preservation, Drayton Hall) lent
their amazing skills to the recordation of the Overseer's House at Stewart
Castle and the outbuildings, including the identification of the fortified
three-seater privy, at the Main House complex.
We are grateful for the support and friendship of our colleagues at the
Jamaica National Heritage Trust, epscially Dorrick Gray and Anne-Marie Howard
Brown, and the University of the West Indies, Mona, including Dr. Sabrina
Rampersad, Dr. Swithin Wilmot, and Dr. James Robertson.
A number of DAACS and Monticello staff provided their invaluable advice,
skills, good humor, and great effort to ensure the success of the 2007 field
season. They include Ivor Conolley, Leslie Cooper, Karen Hutchins, Fraser
Neiman, and Derek Wheeler. Jesse Sawyer and Brian McCray contributed to the
artifact analysis upon our return to Monticello.
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| The Falmouth Field Schools in Historical
Archaeology and Architectural History, including Falmouth Heritage Renewal
staff, June 2007.
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| Archaeology students and staff at the Stewart
Castle Main House, May 2007.
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| Jillian Galle |
| The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery |
| September 2007 |
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