| Description |
1 online resource (429 p.) |
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Taboui Ser. ; v.6 |
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Taboui Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Islands of Salt -- Layout of the book -- Situating the study within disciplinary currents -- Venezuelan historical archaeology -- Latin American maritime historical archaeology -- Caribbean maritime historical archaeology -- Spatiotemporal Framework -- Space -- Time -- Assemblages of Practice -- A New Conceptual Framework -- Entanglements as the Point of Departure -- Things, not objects -- Fleshing Out Entanglements -- Itineraries of things -- Assemblages of practice -- Discussion -- Entanglement -- Scales of entanglement -- Itineraries of Sea Salt |
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La Tortuga within the Atlantic World -- La Tortuga Island -- Discussion -- Anglo-American Thirst for Salt -- Early ventures (1634-c. 1700) -- The golden decades (c. 1700-1781) -- The Dutch Quest for Salt -- Dutch herring and Venezuelan salt (1595-1623) -- The La Tortuga enterprise (1624-1638) -- Itineraries of Sea Salt -- Cayo Sal within the Venezuelan Caribbean -- The Los Roques Archipelago and Cayo Sal -- Discussion -- Cayo Sal: Island at the Crossroads -- Salt and contraband (c. 1700-1800) -- Neglected archipelago (c. 1800-1880) -- Crusty Salts -- The Seafarers at the Venezuelan Saltpans |
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Inhabiting the Seascape -- Discussion -- The Seafarers at Cayo Sal, Los Escombros (c. 1800-1880) -- "Free coloreds" and a US American -- The Seafarers at Cayo Sal, Uespen de La Salina (c. 1700-1800) -- A miscellany of anonymous seafarers -- The Seafarers at Punta Salinas (1638-1781) -- Rank, social status and small personal possessions -- Enslaved seafarers -- The Dutch Zoutvaerders at Punta Salinas (1624-1638) -- Saltculture -- Socio-Natural Assemblages of practice on the Saltpans -- Introducing Socio-Natural Assemblages of Practice -- Discussion |
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The Assemblages of Practice on the Venezuelan Saltpans -- La Tortuga: the Dutch enterprise (1624-1638) -- La Tortuga: the Anglo-American fleets (1638-1781) -- Cayo Sal, Los Roques Archipelago: Uespen de la Salina (c. 1700-1800) -- Cayo Sal, Los Roques Archipelago: Los Escombros (c. 1800-1880) -- Socio-Natural Assemblages of Salt Cultivation -- The Process of Solar Salt Cultivation -- The Physical Environment of the Venezuelan Islands -- The Lived Saltpan -- Assemblages of Practice at the Campsites of La Tortuga -- The Dutch at Punta Salinas (1624-1638) -- Excavations and features -- Discussion |
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Anglo-American Everyday Life at Punta Salinas (1634-1781) -- Excavations -- Seafarer campsites -- Shipboard victuals -- Local resource procurement -- Food preparation -- Tableware for the serving and consumption of food -- Dining at Punta Salinas -- Beverages and beverage containers -- Vessels for alcohol serving and consumption -- Drinking at the tavern by the saltpan -- Punch for the laboring crews -- Genteel seafarers: tea, coffee and chocolate drinking -- Resource procurement and food preparation -- Food consumption, drinking and leisure activities -- The Lived Saltpan |
| Summary |
The early-modern Venezuelan Caribbean did not lure seafarers with the saccharine delights of cane sugar but with the preserving qualities of solar sea salt. In this book, the historical archaeological study of this salty commodity offers a unique entryway into the hitherto unknown maritime mobilities and daily lives of the seafarers who camped at the saltpans of Venezuelan islands from the seventeenth to the late nineteenth centuries, cultivating and harvesting the white crystal of the sea. For the first time, this study offers a comprehensive documentary history of the saltpans of La Tortuga |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Salt industry and trade.
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Salt industry and trade -- Venezuela -- History
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Salt industry and trade
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Venezuela
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789088908170 |
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9088908176 |
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