Christopher R. DeCorse, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

• Prologue Introduction 1. Historical Background 2. The Elmina Settlement 3. The Archaeology of an African Town 4. Subsistence, Craft Specialization, and Trade 5. The European Trade 6. Culture, Contact, Continuity, and Change Notes References Index

“[A] work of impressive scholarship. Scholars working in Ghanaian and West African history, Atlantic World studies, trans-Atlantic slave trade studies, and word-systems studies, and historical archaeology will find it a rich source of information and many new insights.”Ray A Kea in Journal of African Archaeology “[A]n exceptionally well-written and well-sourced study of life in an evolving African coastal community during the era of the trans-Atlantic trade. The book will doubtlessly become a classic study of culture contact and change in Africa.”J. Cameron Monroe in International Journal of African Historical Studies

Christopher R. DeCorse, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

• Prologue Introduction 1. Historical Background 2. The Elmina Settlement 3. The Archaeology of an African Town 4. Subsistence, Craft Specialization, and Trade 5. The European Trade 6. Culture, Contact, Continuity, and Change Notes References Index

“[A] work of impressive scholarship. Scholars working in Ghanaian and West African history, Atlantic World studies, trans-Atlantic slave trade studies, and word-systems studies, and historical archaeology will find it a rich source of information and many new insights.”Ray A Kea in Journal of African Archaeology “[A]n exceptionally well-written and well-sourced study of life in an evolving African coastal community during the era of the trans-Atlantic trade. The book will doubtlessly become a classic study of culture contact and change in Africa.”J. Cameron Monroe in International Journal of African Historical Studies

Christopher R. DeCorse, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

• Prologue Introduction 1. Historical Background 2. The Elmina Settlement 3. The Archaeology of an African Town 4. Subsistence, Craft Specialization, and Trade 5. The European Trade 6. Culture, Contact, Continuity, and Change Notes References Index

“[A] work of impressive scholarship. Scholars working in Ghanaian and West African history, Atlantic World studies, trans-Atlantic slave trade studies, and word-systems studies, and historical archaeology will find it a rich source of information and many new insights.”Ray A Kea in Journal of African Archaeology “[A]n exceptionally well-written and well-sourced study of life in an evolving African coastal community during the era of the trans-Atlantic trade. The book will doubtlessly become a classic study of culture contact and change in Africa.”J. Cameron Monroe in International Journal of African Historical Studies