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Les cimetières littoraux de la période coloniale

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  • Dominique Bonnissent

    (ArchAm - Archéologie des Amériques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, MC - Ministère de la Culture)

  • Patrice Courtaud

    (PACEA - De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie - UB - Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Yoann Legendre

    (BRGM - Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières)

  • Damien Leroy

    (MC - Ministère de la Culture)

  • Thomas Romon

    (Inrap - Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives)

  • Jérôme Rouquet

    (Inrap - Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives)

  • Christian Stouvenot

    (ArchAm - Archéologie des Amériques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, MC - Ministère de la Culture)

Abstract

The Lesser Antilles are island territories whose coastal areas have always been occupied, resulting in a high density of archaeological sites identified on the coastline and, in particular, numerous cemeteries dating back to the colonial period. The amplification of coastal erosion phenomena in recent decades (Gassies 1995; Fitzpatrick 2010) has affected some cemeteries, a fact that has had a major impact on West Indian society. Very early on, these sites were interpreted as slave cemeteries, usually without any real basis or scientific argument, but these suppositions often proved to be correct. The aim of this article is to provide an update on this theme, where scientific, heritage and memorial issues are intertwined with the worrying deterioration of the sites as a result of accelerating coastal erosion.

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  • Dominique Bonnissent & Patrice Courtaud & Yoann Legendre & Damien Leroy & Thomas Romon & Jérôme Rouquet & Christian Stouvenot, 2018. "Les cimetières littoraux de la période coloniale," Post-Print hal-03095432, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03095432
    DOI: 10.4000/nda.3904
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