Transatlantic Connections in Colonial and Post-colonial Haiti

Archaeometric Evidence for Taches Noires Glazed Tableware Imported from Albissola, Italy to Fort Liberté, Haiti

Journal article (2020)

Authors

Simone Casale Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, Universiteit Leiden
Joseph S. Jean Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, Universiteit Leiden
Claudio Capelli University of Genova
D. Braekmans Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Cranfield University, Universiteit Leiden, (OLD) MSE-4
Patrick Degryse Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Universiteit Leiden
Corinne Hofman Universiteit Leiden, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
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(OLD) MSE-4
Copyright: © 2020 Simone Casale, Joseph S. Jean, Claudio Capelli, D. Braekmans, Patrick Degryse, Corinne Hofman
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-020-00559-3
Haiti Archaeometry Ceramic technology Colonial ceramics Glaze analysis
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Published Date

2020

Language

English

Research Group

(OLD) MSE-4

Abstract

This paper presents the first archaeometrical data on colonial glazed wares (taches noires) imported in Haiti (Fort Liberté). The analysis evidenced the exclusive presence of Italian taches noires products, dated before 1820 and related to the colonial era. The presence of English wares next to colonial materials demonstrated continuity in the use of landscape after the Independence and the establishment of international trade relationships between the state of Haiti and the British Empire. Results are an important step forward in the understanding of production and movement of the Taches noires ware, which were exported globally between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.