Colonial Trash to Island Treasure: The Chaney of St. Croix

Chaney is the name given to the porcelain shards found in the soil and washed up on the beaches of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. A hybrid of the words for “china” and “money”, chaney refers to fragments of European ceramics brought to St. Croix by the island’s former colonisers: England, France, the...

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Main Author: Jessica Priebe
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Yale University 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/0641b73a69784dd8b41c51bb8fc56dd7
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