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June 2006 Newsletter
Wealth in Ruins: The History and Archaeology of a Caribbean Plantation
By Emily Yates
Illustrations
![Figure 1](Yates1.jpg) Figure 1. Locations of Water Island and Carolina Point (all images by author).
![Figure 2](Yates2.jpg) Figure 2. Excavations at Carolina Point, Water Island, USVI.
![Figure 3](Yates3.jpg) Figure 3. Gray stone ("Blue Bitch") outcrops on Water Island.
![Figure 4](Yates4.jpg) Figure 4. Detail of Oxholm's 1778 map showing Jean Renaud's plantation on Carolina Point.
![Figure 5](Yates5.jpg) Figure 5. Carolina Point Plantation (12-VAM-3-209) site map from NPS excavations in 1998.
![Figure 6](Yates6.jpg) Figure 6. Arched cistern at Carolina Point Plantation. Note the brick patches and missing plaster.
![Figure 7](Yates7.jpg) Figure 7. Standard Willow Pattern by Spode, ca. 1820-1825, one of 61 willow patterned vessels recovered from the Great House.
![Figure 8](Yates8.jpg) Figure 8. French-themed plates, ca. 1834-1839, found stacked in a corner of the room.
![Figure 9](Yates9.jpg) Figure 9. Reconstructed Vessel Collection, 176 vessels from the southeast room of the Great House.
![Figure 10](Yates10.jpg) Figure 10. Great House reconstruction based on artifacts.
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