The historical archaeology of Vergelegen, an early farmstead at the Cape of Good Hope

Markell, A; Hall, M; Schrire, C

Abstract

Excavations at Vergelegen, a large estate in the Western Cape of South Africa that dates to the earliest years of the 18th century, have allowed archaeologists to address a number of questions about the nature of colonial settlement in this former Dutch colony. Primary among these were questions about slavery and about the interrelationships between slaves, colonists, and the indigenous inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope. This article offers some of the results of this investigation, and an interpretation of those results in light of the original questions about slave community, slave-indigenous interaction, and early colonial architecture in the Cape.

Citation

Markell, A., Hall, M., & Schrire, C. (1995). The historical archaeology of Vergelegen, an early farmstead at the Cape of Good Hope. Historical Archaeology, 29(1), 10-34

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 1995
• Deposit Date: Dec 9, 2009
• Journal: Historical Archaeology
• Print ISSN: 0440-9213
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 10-34