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Archaeological Work Continues At Argyle Efforts to preserve the history and heritage of St. Vincent and the Grenadines have intensified over the recent past. Foremost in the effort have been the International Airport Development Company (IADC) and the St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Trust. Together, they have been ensuring that Argyle, the site of the International Airport, receive careful and ongoing archaeological attention. The IADC and the National Trust welcomed the return of the Archaeological team from Lieden University, of the Netherlands. This team, consisting of 18 faculty members and students, is continuing work that they started in February 2010, on excavating the ridge just above the Argyle River. This site is believed to have been inhabited by Cayos or Island Caribs. According to the leader of the team, Professor Corinne Hoffman, Head of the Faculty of Caribbean Archaeology at Leiden University, they are making some interesting finds. One of those finds is a stone axe, which she believes was used mainly for ceremonial purposes. The stone axe is the first to have been found on a site anywhere in the Windward Islands that can be linked directly to the island Caribs. A round house along with several other post holes and artefacts were also discovered during the last visit. One of the main objectives of their work is to combine their findings here with findings from similar sites in other Windward Islands, as they try to understand how the island Caribs lived from the pre-Colonial era up to the 18th century. The team received some much needed help from a group of about 27 persons from Martinique, who canoed into St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Monday, May 17. The Martinique group was on their second to last leg of collecting data while retracing the journey of the first Amerindians who travelled to these parts in small canoes. Persons from Diamond Village also received a history lesson about the Caribs when they visited the site on Tuesday. Source of article: |
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