Digging Paradise: Historical and Archeological Miscellany of the U.S. Virgin Islands

Authors

Kenneth Baumgardt

Keywords

archeology, plantations, islands

Abstract

During the 1980's and 1990's, the firm of MAAR Associates of Newark, Delaware, conducted more than thirty archeological investigations of the prehistoric sites and Danish Plantations of the U. S. Virgin Islands. These studies were conducted to fulfill the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act prior to proposed hotel construction there. However, after the islands were devastated by Hurricane Hugo in 1987, many of these projects were never built. Nonetheless, a great volume of information about the history and prehistory of the Virgin Islands was collected. This study will provide a compilation of some of the discoveries made during the investigations there.

Recommended Citation

Baumgardt, Kenneth (2009) "Digging Paradise: Historical and Archeological Miscellany of the U.S. Virgin Islands," The Bridge: Vol. 32: No. 2, Article 7.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol32/iss2/7