SLAM Project Publications and Reports

Publications

Excavations (2016) of the post-emancipation school house on top of Potato Hill, ca. 1850-1870.
Gaming tokens recovered from Potato Hill excavations, 19th century

Cherry, John F. and Krysta Ryzewski (2019) The Archaic Period on Montserrat and Neighboring Islands, In Early Settlers of the Insular Caribbean: De-archaizing the Archaic, edited by Corinne L. Hofman and Andrzej T. Antczak, Leiden: Sidestone Press, pp. 227-240.

Ryzewski, Krysta, John F. Cherry, and L. McAtackney (2018) “The State of Decay into which the Island has Fallen”: Education and Social Welfare on Montserrat after Emancipation, International Journal of Historical Archaeology. Published as “online first”, December 2018, 25pp., /doi.org/10.1007/s10761-018-0478-x

Cherry, John F., Rachel S. Opitz, Krysta Ryzewski (2017) Airborne LiDAR and the Survey of Historic Era Landscapes in Central Montserrat, Proceedings of the 26th International Association of Caribbean Archaeology, edited by Jay Haviser, pp. 1-16.

Ryzewski, Krysta (2017)  A Thorny Endeavor: Historical Archaeology and Diachronic Landscape Survey in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. In Regional Approaches to Society and Complexity: Studies in Honor of John F. Cherry, edited by Alex R. Knodell and Thomas P. Leppard, Monographs in Mediterranean Archaeology: Equinox, pp. 225-245.

Ryzewski, Krysta and John F. Cherry (2016)  Surveying a Long Term Settlement on Potato Hill, Montserrat, In The Spaces In-Between: Archaeologies of Slavery  and Freedom in the Caribbean, edited by Lynsey Bates, John M. Chenoweth and James A. Delle, University of  Florida Press, pp. 258-308.

Ryzewski, Krysta and Laura McAtackney (2015)  Historic and Contemporary Irish Identity on Montserrat, the ‘Emerald Isle of the Caribbean’, In Caribbean Irish Connections, Evelyn O’Callaghan, Alison Donnell, Maria McGarrity (eds), University of the West Indies Press, Barbados, pp. 119-139.

Opitz, Rachel, Krysta Ryzewski, John F. Cherry and Brenna Moloney (2015)  Using Airborne LiDAR Survey to Explore Historic-era Archaeological Landscapes of Montserrat in the Eastern Caribbean, Journal of Field Archaeology, 40(5): 523-541.  Invited contribution for 40th anniversary issue.

Ryzewski, Krysta and John F. Cherry (2015)  Struggles of a Sugar Society: Surveying Plantation-Era Montserrat, 1650-1850, International Journal  of Historical Archaeology, 19(2): 356-383.

Cherry, John F., Krysta Ryzewski, Thomas P. Leppard, Emanuela Bocancea (2015) Diachronic, Multi-Scalar Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat: Opportunities and Challenges, Proceedings of the  25th  International  Association  of  Caribbean  Archaeology,  edited  by  Laura  Del  Olmo,  Instituto  de  Cultura Puertorriquena, Universidad de Puerto Rico, pp. 395-415.

John F. Cherry and Krysta Ryzewski (2014) Archaeology at Risk, Archaeology of Risk: Diachronic Land-Use and Volcanic Activity on Montserrat, Congress Proceedings of the 24th International Association of Caribbean Archaeology, edited by Benoît Bérard, Taboui Publication Series, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, pp. 408-420.

Cherry, John F., Thomas P. Leppard, and Krysta Ryzewski (2014)     The Prehistory of Montserrat: A Synthesis and an Update. Congress Proceedings of the 24th International Association of Caribbean Archaeology, edited by Benoît Bérard, Taboui Publication Series, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, pp. 266-276.

Cherry, John F. and Krysta Ryzewski (2014)  Montserrat,  In Encyclopedia  of  Caribbean  Archaeology,  edited  by  Basil  Reid  and  R.  Grant  Gilmore  III, University of Florida Press, pp. 238-241.

Laura McAtackney, Krysta Ryzewski, and John F. Cherry (2014)      Contemporary ‘Irish’ Identity on the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean: St. Patrick’s Day on Montserrat and the  Invention of Tradition, In Heritage, Diaspora, and the Consumption of Culture: Movements in Irish Landscapes, Diane Sabenacio Nititham-Tunney and Rebecca Boyd (eds), Ashgate, London, pp. 113-134.

Cherry, John F., Krysta Ryzewski, and Luke Pecoraro (2013)    “A Kinda Sacred Place”:  The Rock-and-Roll Ruins of AIR Studios, Montserrat, InArchaeologies of Mobility and Movement, Mary C. Beaudry and Travis G. Parno (eds). Springer: New York, pp. 181-198.

Cherry, John F., Krysta Ryzewski, Thomas P. Leppard, and Emanuela Bocancea (2012) The Earliest Phase of Settlement in the Eastern Caribbean: New Evidence from Montserrat. Antiquity, 86 (333).

Ryzewski, Krysta and John F. Cherry (2012)  Communities and Archaeology under the Soufrière Hills Volcano on Montserrat, West Indies. Journal of Field Archaeology 37(4): 316-327.

Cherry, John F., Krysta Ryzewski, and Thomas P. Leppard (2012)     Multi-period Landscape Survey and Site Risk Assessment on Montserrat, West Indies, Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology7(2): 282-302.

Technical and Narrative Reports

Blakes Estate manor house, 2012.

Ryzewski, Krysta (2019) The Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat Project: Eleven Seasons of Research, Outreach, and Dissemination. Summary Report 2010-2019. Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Ryzewski, Krysta (2019) Montserrat National Trust: Inventory of Archaeological Sites on Montserrat. Inventory submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Ryzewski, Krysta and Miriam A.W. Rothenberg (2017) Report on the Archaeological Survey of Weekes Estate (Site 48), Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Cherry, John F. and Krysta Ryzewski (2017) Report on the 2017 Excavations of the Indian Creek Site (Site 15), Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat, Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Cherry, John F. and Krysta Ryzewski (2017) Archaeological Fieldwork at Upper Blakes, 2012, 2016, and 2017, Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat, Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Ellens, Samantha (2017) Report on the Survey and Documentation of Elberton’s Estate, 2017. Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat, Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Zissis, Athena, Krysta Ryzewski, and John F. Cherry (2017) 2017 Potato Hill Artifact Analysis (Site 6, Features 298 and 16), Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Ryzewski, Krysta and John F. Cherry (2016)   Report on the Soldier Ghaut Petroglyphs, Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat Project. Report  submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Rothenberg, Miriam A., Brendan Doucet, John F. Cherry, and Krysta Ryzewski (2016)   Report on 2016 Survey Operations (May-June), Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat Project. Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Ellens, Samantha, Krysta Ryzewski, and John F. Cherry (2016)    Archaeological Excavations on Potato Hill, Montserrat, May-June 2016, Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat Project. Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

McAtackney, Laura (2016)    Report on Archival Research Conducted at the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston,  SLAM Project, May-June 2016. Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

McAtackney, Laura (2015)   Report on Archival Research Conducted in Association with the Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat Project, May 2015. Report submitted to Francesca Franchi, Endangered Archives Project, and the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Howard, Jeffery L. (2015)   Geomorphology and Soils at Archaeological Sites on Montserrat. Report, Department of Geology, Wayne State University.

Rothenberg, Miriam (2015)    Report on Geological survey conducted at Thatch Valley, Potato Hill and Valentine Ghaut, Montserrat, British West Indies. 18 June. Report, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University.

Cherry, John F., Krysta Ryzewski, Brendan Doucet, Athena Zissis, Samantha Ellens, and C. Lorin Brace VI (2015)     Report on LiDAR Survey and Fieldwork in the Centre Hills Region, Montserrat, May-June 2015. Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Brace VI, C. Lorin, Krysta Ryzewski, and John F. Cherry (2015)    Report on the Excavations of Potato Hill, May-June 2015. Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Moloney, Brenna, Krysta Ryzewski, and John F. Cherry (2014)      Airborne LiDAR Ground-truthing Report, Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat Project (SLAM), May-June 2014. Report submitted to the Spatial Archaeometry Research Collaborations Program (SPARC), Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST), University of Arkansas.

Ryzewski, Krysta and John F. Cherry (2013) Report on the Survey and Excavations at Potato Hill, Montserrat, May 2013. Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Cherry, John F. and Krysta Ryzewski (2013)  Report on the Survey and Excavations at Gun Hill, Montserrat, May 2013. Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Ryzewski, Krysta and John F. Cherry (2013) Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat: Narrative Report on the Third Field Season, May-June 2012. Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Bocancea, Emanuela, Krysta Ryzewski, and John F. Cherry (2013)    Report on the Archaeological Excavations at the Valentine Ghaut Site, Rendezvous Bay, Montserrat. Conducted by the Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat Project (SLAM) from 2010-2013. Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Ryzewski, Krysta, John F. Cherry, Thomas P. Leppard, and Emanuela Bocancea (2012) Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat: Narrative Report on the Second Field Season, June-July 2011. Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Ryzewski, Krysta and Emanuela Bocancea (2011) Report on the Montserrat National Trust Collections: Storage Conditions, Collections Management, and Projections of Future Needs. Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust and the Board of the Montserrat National Trust.

Ryzewski, Krysta and John F. Cherry (2010)  Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat: A Report on the First Field Season, June-July 2010.  Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Ryzewski, Krysta, John F. Cherry, Thomas P. Leppard, and Elizabeth Murphy (2010)  Report on the Identification and Scientific Analysis of Samples Collected During the January 2010 Field Season of the Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat Project. Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat, WI.

Ryzewski, Krysta, John F. Cherry, Elissa Z. Faro, Thomas P. Leppard, and Elizabeth Murphy (2010)     Survey  and  Landscape  Archaeology  on  Montserrat:  A  Report  on  the  Pilot  Season,  January  2010. Report submitted to the Montserrat National Trust, Olveston, Montserrat,  WI.

Excavations (2016) of the post-emancipation school house on top of Potato Hill, ca. 1850-1870.

To obtain copies of publications that are behind a paywall, please contact SLAM project co-directors John_Cherry(at)brown.edu and/or Krysta.Ryzewski(at)wayne.edu. All reports are on file at the Montserrat National Trust and in the SLAM project archives.