Abstract
This chapter introduces the history of the Sylvester Manor Project. It emphasizes the importance of the interdisciplinary approach employed during the project and the overall goals of the investigations. A discussion of pluralistic space and its importance as a central theme of the investigations is also presented. This is followed by a discussion of the Native American history of Shelter Island and its European colonization with particular attention given to the initial establishment of Sylvester Manor as a provisioning plantation, its connections to two large sugar plantations on Barbados, and its subsequent transformation into a commercial estate.
DOI
10.22191/neha/vol36/iss1/3
Recommended Citation
Mrozowski, Stephen A.; Hayes, Katherine Howlett; and Hancock, Anne P.
(2007)
"The Archaeology of Sylvester Manor,"
Northeast Historical Archaeology:
Vol.
36
36, Article 3.
https://doi.org/10.22191/neha/vol36/iss1/3
Available at:
https://orb.binghamton.edu/neha/vol36/iss1/3
