Title: An archaeology of Elmina
Description: "An Archaeology of Elmina examines a complex African settlement on the coast of present-day Ghana from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries, using the archaeological record, European narratives, and indigenous oral histories. Placing the site in broader context as the first European trade post in sub-Saharan Africa, Christopher R.

DeCorse explores developments there in light of Portuguese, Dutch, and British expansion and illustrates remarkable cultural continuity in the midst of technological change."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: History, Excavations (Archaeology), Slave trade, Antiquities, Europeans, Europeans, africa, Ghana, history, Slave trade, africa, Ghana, antiquities, Excavations (archaeology), africa
Places: Ghana, Elmina, Elmina (Ghana)