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History and Archaeology in Cape Verde: The Rise of a Global World

Time: Nov. 7, 2018, 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Location: Rush Rhees Library, Hawkins-Carlson Reading Room, University of Rochester

Sponsored in part by the CNY Humanities Corridor

Sponsored by the CNY Humanities Corridor

Jorge de Juan Ares (Institut de Recherche sur les Archéomatériaux, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Orleans, France)

The Republic of Cape Verde comprises ten volcanic islands located 600 km west of Senegal coast discovered in 1460. Their geographical location made them the most suitable place for the Portuguese crown to establish a settlement from where explore the African coast. The archaeological excavations at the Royal Fortress of San Felipe and at the Convent of San Francisco and elsewhere have served to highlight the outstanding past of Ribeira Grande, currently Cidade Velha, showing its intense links with Europe, Asia, Africa and America during the 15th and 18th centuries.

This event is organized by the CNY Humanities Corridor working group, "Reconstruction, Structural Analysis, and Conservation of Ancient Monuments in Coastal Ghana." (DH10)

For more information, contact Renato Perucchio.

Renato Perucchio, University of Rochester