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Historical archaeology in South Africa : material culture of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape / Carmel Schrire ; with contributions by Jeffrey J. Durst, Adam Robert Heinrich, Stacey C. Jordan, Jane Klose, and Carolyn L. White.
Penn Museum Library DT1813 .S37 2014 1 v. + CD-ROM
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schrire, Carmel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.
- Material culture.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- History.
- Archaeology and history.
- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Antiquities.
- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa).
- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--History--To 1795.
- Archaeology and history--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope.
- Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie--History.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope.
- Material culture--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope.
- Antiquities.
- South Africa--Cape of Good Hope.
- Genre:
- History.
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (color ; 4 3/4 in.)
- 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2014]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- The background of the archaeology of the VOC at the Cape / Carmel Schrire
- History, architecture and archaeology of selected VOC sites at the Cape / Carmel Schrire
- Faunal analysis and the development of the meat industry at the VOC Cape in the 17th and 18th centuries / Adam Robert Heinrich and Carmel Schrire
- Asian ceramic collections from VOC sites at the Cape / Jane Klose and Carmel Schrire
- Coarse earthenware collections from VOC sites at the Cape / Stacey C. Jordan
- European stoneware collections from VOC sites at the Cape / Stacey C. Jordan
- Tin-glazed, refined and industrial earthenwares from VOC sites at the Cape / Carmel Schrire and Jane Klose
- Glass collections from VOC sites at the Cape / Carmel Schrire
- Objects of personal adornment at VOC sites at the Cape / Carolyn L. White
- Metals and associated artifacts from Oudepost I, Cape / Carmel Schrire
- Analysis of gunflints from VOC sites at the Cape / Jeffrey J. Durst
- Implications and prospects of the archaeology of the VOC at the Cape / Carmel Schrire
- Appendix A. Castle of Good Hope : archaeological excavations 1970s-1990
- Appendix B. Reconstructing Oudepost I, the VOC outpost at Saldanha Bay / Patricia Schwindinger
- Appendix C. Oudepost I : Stratigraphic units listed within each area from youngest to oldest
- Appendix D. Oudepost I : Analysis of bowl shapes from intertidal dump, DP
- Appendix E. Objects of personal adornment.
- Contents of CD-ROM. PDF catalogs of the collections. Asian ceramics ; Coarse earthenware ; European stoneware ; Glass ; Gunflints ; Metal and molds ; Personal adornment ; Refined earthenware ; Tin glazed earthenware
- Selected color images
- Video (Reconstruction, Appendix B) about the reconstruction of the VOC outpost at Oudepost I.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1598741640
- 9781598741643
- OCLC:
- 867425552
- Publisher Number:
- 99961498239
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