Undergraduate students from the Institute of Archaeology University College London conducting a surface collection on the Battery site. The location of each artifact is carefully recorded in order to reconstruct  daily life on this remote military outpost.  Food items included West Indian Welks, goats, pigs and cows.  Drink included Gin, wine and water.

Students from left to right include: O. Richards, H. Taylor, A. Bakare, L. Johnson, C. Conlan, S. Hunter and T. Morey.  S. Hunter is the keeper of Artifact bags. (Click the photo to return to previous page)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Archaeology volunteers in January 2005 excavating a Mikvah (Jewish ceremonial bath) adjacent to the Honen Dalim synagogue, one of the oldest synagogues in the Americas. This was the first excavation of a Mikvah in the West Indies, and adds greatly to the history of the synagogue and the spread of Judaism during the Colonial period.

 

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