Inughuit Open Water Hunting Before the Nineteenth Century: New Dates and Questions from Washington Land, Northwest Greenland

2015 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 602-609
Author(s):  
Matthew Walls ◽  
Pauline Knudsen ◽  
Frederik Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Open Water ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
History Of

This report re-examines the Morris Bay Kayak, which was discovered in Washington Land, Northwest Greenland in 1921. Kayaks rarely preserve archaeologically, and the find is especially significant because the closest Inuit group, the Inughuit, were thought to have lost the technology sometime before the nineteenth century. In this context, radiocarbon dating of caribou antler pieces from the kayak places the date of the assemblage as surprisingly recent. Through comparison with regional assemblages, we argue that the Morris Bay Kayak is representative of a locally developed tradition of kayaking that was practiced until shortly before the colonial period and that this has important implications for understanding the deeper history of Inughuit open-water hunting.

The “Orient” in the “New World”: The Carreira da Índia and the Flows between Asia and Portuguese America

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 32-50
Author(s):  
Jorge Lúzio
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
New World ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
American Colonies ◽  
Portuguese Empire ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cultural Connections ◽  
Asian People ◽  
Brazilian Ports

The history of Brazil in its colonial period is characterized by the movement of Asian people, goods, and merchandise radiating from Brazilian ports that received ships via the Carreira da Índia, the main sea route integrating the Portuguese Empire both commercially and politically. Asian memory and imagination were present in the urban centres of the Portuguese American colonies in the form of cultural material before the actual presence of Asians, which began to occur through cycles of immigration into Brazilian lands during the nineteenth century. This article traces the circulation of ivory carvings from Asia into Portuguese America as a way of illustrating the presence of Asian material cultures in the New World, as well as the relevance of the Carreira da Índia to these cultural connections.

scholarly journals Reading and Not-Printing: Obstruction at the Crater Press

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-53
Author(s):  
Richard Parker
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Walt Whitman ◽  
Mark Twain ◽  
Emily Dickinson ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Benjamin Franklin ◽  
History Of ◽  
American Poets

I will begin this paper with a brief and partial history of American printing, detecting a shared predilection for a noticeably maverick relation to the printed page in the works (printed and otherwise) of Samuel Keimer and Benjamin Franklin during the colonial period, and the works of Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Mark Twain in the nineteenth-century. I term the interrupted, dialectical printing that connects all of these writer/printers ‘not-printing’, and offer some explanation of his term and a description of some of its manifestations. I will then move on to consider how the idea of ‘not-printing’ might be helpful for the consideration of some contemporary British and American poets and printers before concluding with a description of some of the ways that the productive constraints of such a practice have influenced my own work as editor and printer at the Crater Press. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/2182-8830_2-1_2

scholarly journals ‘Rugged Hills’, ‘Dense Forests’ and ‘Backward People’. Imagining Landscapes in Nineteenth-Century Colonial Goa

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-170
Author(s):  
José Miguel Moura Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Sandy Beaches ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
The Other ◽  
Paddy Fields ◽  
Colonial Rule ◽  
Imperial History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Discursive Constructions

The former Portuguese colony of Goa is best known nowadays as a tourist hotspot. To many, its iconic landscape is one of sandy beaches and whitewashed churches nestling among the paddy fields and coconut trees. But beyond this postcard image there is another lesser known landscape, epitomized by the rugged mountains and forests of the Sahyadri range. During the Portuguese colonial period, which lasted until 1961, this was the ‘other landscape’ of Goa, frequently portrayed as ‘wild’, ‘backward’ and inherently hostile to colonial rule. This essay discusses the production of these images and their importance in shaping colonial policies. Building upon recent research on Environmental and Imperial History, it argues that far from being mere discursive constructions these images had important political, economic, cultural and environmental repercussions which shaped the history of colonial Goa.

The Archaeology of the Old Stone Mill in Newport, Rhode Island

1951 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-129
Author(s):  
William S. Godfrey
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Ancient History ◽  
American Archaeology ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Local Tradition ◽  
History Of ◽  
Clear Line ◽  
Benedict Arnold

The origin of the old stone tower in Newport has been an important problem in the ancient history of American archaeology for something over a century. The argument swirls around two questions. Who built the tower? When was it built? There are two possible answers to the first of these questions; the second question can readily be answered if the first can be solved. Either the tower was built by persons unknown at some time in the pre-Colonial period; or it was erected in Colonial times shortly before it is first mentioned in the documents. And there is a shortage of the documents on this problem until the development of the nineteenth century romanticism. Either there was no interest or there was no problem. Up to about 1800, moreover, a clear line of legal documents traced the structure as well as the land on which it stood as belonging to Governor Benedict Arnold. The legal documents are supported by strong local tradition that the building was a stone mill. Specifically, in 1677, three documents, including Arnold's own will, mentioned the tower, and for the next 100 years other mention is rare. Thus, at the outset, we see that the controversy over the origin of the tower is recent.

scholarly journals Shakespeare across the Taiwan Strait: A Developmental Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (35) ◽  
pp. 115-131
Author(s):  
Yu Sun ◽  
Longhai Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Taiwan Strait ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Developmental Perspective ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Chinese Theatre ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Taiwan Strait ◽  
Cao Yu

Shakespeare studies in Mainland China and Taiwan evolved from the same origin during the two centuries after Shakespeare being introduced into China in the early nineteenth century. Although Shakespeare was first seen on the Taiwan stage in the Japanese language during the colonial period, it was after Kuomintang moved to Taiwan in 1949 that Shakespeare studies began to flourish when scholars and theatrical experts from mainland China, such as Liang Shih-Chiu, Yu Er-Chang, Wang Sheng-shan and others brought Chinese Shakespeare to Taiwan. Since the 1980s, mainland Shakespeareans began to communicate actively with their colleagues in Taiwan. With the continuous efforts of Cao Yu, Fang Ping, Meng Xianqiang, Gu Zhengkun, Yang Lingui and many other scholars in mainland China and Chu Li-Min, Yen Yuan-shu, Perng Ching-Hsi and other scholars in Taiwan, communications and conversations on Shakespeare studies across the Taiwan Strait were gradually enhanced in recent years. Meanwhile, innovations in Chinese adaptations of Shakespeare have resulted in a new performing medium, Shake-xiqu, through which theatrical practitioners on both sides explore possibilities of a union of Shakespeare and traditional Chinese theatre. This paper studies some intricate relationship in the history of Shakespeare studies in mainland China and Taiwan from a developmental perspective and suggests opportunities for positive and effective co-operations and interactions in the future.

scholarly journals “Dona”, viúva e “cabeça de casal”: mulheres administradoras de bens nos sertões de Quixeramobim, Ceará, Brasil (século XVIII)

2017 ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Antônio de Pádua Santiago de Freitas ◽  
Ana Cecília Farias de Alencar
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Documentary Source ◽  
Head Of Household ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
Women's Role

Resumo: O presente artigo tem por objetivo apresentar a atuação da mulher de elite nos sertões de Quixeramobim, Ceará, Brasil (século XVIII), tendo como centro a História de “Dona” Theresa Engracia, e através dela buscase perceber como se dava a administrao do patrimônio herdado, e as suas possíveis estratégias para manter ou ampliar esse patrimônio na condição de “Dona” e viúva. Para tal, foi realizado um estudo das leis que vigoraram no período colonial, que afirmava que, na morte da esposa, o homem permanecia em sua posse velha, enquanto a mulher, na morte do esposo, assumia o status de “cabeça de casal”. Foram utilizados, como fonte documental, inventarios do século XVIII e XIX, além de escrituras públicas e dos testamentos.Palavras-chave: Capitania do Ceará, viuvez, herança, administração de bens, “cabeça de casal”Abstract: This article aims to present the elite women’s role in the hinterlands of Quixeramobim, Ceará, Brazil (18th century), focusing on the history of “Dona” Theresa Engracia. Through her, it seeks to understand the administration of inherited property and the strategies open to her to maintain or increase her estate as a “Dona” and a widow. This study of the laws prevailing in the Brazilian colonial period shows that, when the wife died, the widower preserved his status, whereas, when the husband died, the widow assumed the status of her husband as the “head of household”. The documentary source was eighteenth and nineteenth century inventories, in addition to public deeds and wills.Key words: Captaincy of Ceará, widowhood, heritance, property administration, “head of househol

Towards an Early History of the East African Interior

1975 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 147-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Twaddle
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Early History ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Oral Traditions ◽  
Historical Evidence ◽  
East African ◽  
Narrow Strip ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Origin ◽  
African Intellectuals

The period between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries is a perplexing one in the history of the east African interior. For the first part of the period archeology is the most reliable indicator of what really happened there. For the second part oral traditions supplement the archeological record. Regarding evidence, therefore, our period is one of transition. Our principal concern in this survey will be to consider how far this transition in evidence reflects actual transitions in history.This is an intricate problem. Each piece of historical evidence reflects its historical origin. This applies as much to pottery fragments and spear tips as to oral traditions. However, the former are easier to handle historically than the latter; they are products of their own time. On the other hand, oral traditions tend to be products of our time in this particular area of Africa. Before the nineteenth century indigenous literacy was restricted to a very narrow strip of land along the coast, and during our period contacts between coast and interior were extremely limited. Literate outsiders did not penetrate into the interior in any number until the last half of the nineteenth century, and even then earlier history did not receive much attention from these footloose adventurers. Oral traditions relating to the early history of the interior were only reduced to writing in substance during the subsequent colonial period-sometimes by newly-arrived European missionaries and administrators, more frequently by newly-literate African intellectuals. These circumstances create special interpretative problems. Some of these problems are common to all oral traditions relating to early history, while others are peculiar to the particular colonial situations in which the oral traditions were first recorded.

HISTORY ON THE LUAPULA RETOLD: LANDSCAPE, MEMORY AND IDENTITY IN THE KAZEMBE KINGDOM

2006 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-42
Author(s):  
DAVID M. GORDON
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Historical Drama ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation

This article examines memorial traditions and social identities in the Luapula Valley during the nineteenth century. In History on the Luapula, Ian Cunnison argued that most histories in the Luapula Valley were ‘personal’ renditions except for the ‘impersonal’ and general history of the Kazembe Kingdom. This article details how the impersonal history of the Kazembe Kingdom arose. Through the association of shrines and natural phenomena with the ancestral heroes that featured in the historical drama of the Kazembe conquests, a more general, universal and hegemonic history was rendered. The formulation and commemoration of this history sustained two Luapulan identities, a ‘Lunda’ migrant identity and a ‘Shila’ autochthonous identity, both of which proved to be solid foundations for the creation of ‘tribes’ in the colonial period.

A Three-Century Journey: The Lost Manuscript of the History of the Incas by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

2021 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-491
Author(s):  
Soledad Carmina González Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Research Note ◽  
History Of ◽  
Multiple Lives

AbstractThe History of the Incas is a chronicle written in Cusco, Peru, at the end of the sixteenth century, by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa. It was never published in the colonial period and its only manuscript was lost for three hundred years. At the end of the nineteenth century, the manuscript was found in Göttingen, Prussia. This research note is about a missing manuscript and its unexpected discovery. Moreover, it is about the long and uncharted journey of the History in its multiple lives through Peru, Spain, the Netherlands, and Germany.

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