Overview
St. Nicholas Abbey Great House
Archaeological investigations at St. Nicholas Abbey since the summer of 2007 have shed new light on the estate’s prominent role in the emerging Atlantic world. The site displays good archaeological integrity and archaeological deposits are largely intact. Moreover, the archaeological research indicates a continuous occupation of the St. Nicholas Abbey property from prehistoric Amerindian settlement all the way up to the present. The majority of materials, however, are from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries when St. Nicholas Abbey was an extremely active sugar-producing estate.
Ariel view of St. Nicholas Abbey great House and Sugar Works.
Archaeological Research at St. Nicholas Abbey
Archaeological investigations at St. Nicholas Abbey conducted by Frederick Smith of the College of William and Mary began the summer of 2007 and have shed new light on the estate’s prominent role in the emerging Atlantic world. The site displays good archaeological integrity and archaeological deposits are largely intact. Moreover, the archaeological research indicates a continuous occupation of the St. Nicholas Abbey property from prehistoric Amerindian settlement all the way up to the present. The majority of materials, however, are from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries when St. Nicholas Abbey was an extremely active sugar-producing estate.
Frederick H. Smith
The College of William and Mary
March 2015
