{"id":201210,"date":"2018-07-25T09:13:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T13:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=201210"},"modified":"2018-07-27T10:36:23","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T14:36:23","slug":"pirate-trading-port-found-at-woodford-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/historical\/pirate-trading-port-found-at-woodford-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirate trading port found at Woodford Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_201211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201211\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-201211\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Archaeology-work-Woodford-Hill-642x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Archaeology-work-Woodford-Hill-642x427.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Archaeology-work-Woodford-Hill-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Archaeology-work-Woodford-Hill-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Archaeology-work-Woodford-Hill.jpg 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-201211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archaeological work at the site in Woodford Hill. Photo: Dr. Lennox Honychurch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A team of archaeologists has found what appears to be an early pirate trading port in a bay in the northeast corner of Dominica.<\/p>\n<p>The site was revealed by erosion which took place along the beach at Woodford Hill during Hurricane Maria last year.<\/p>\n<p>A few days after the storm, Dominican anthropologist, Dr. Lennox Honychurch, who lives near the site, was inspecting the area and found a mixture of indigenous Kalinago pottery along with European china, glass, tobacco pipes and gun parts exposed along the beach.<\/p>\n<p>He already knew that this was a Kalinago settlement but the other material had not been seen before.<\/p>\n<p>He contacted a US colleague, Professor Mark Hauser of Northwestern University, Illinois, who in turn alerted Dr. Doug Armstrong of Syracuse University, New York, and they came to Dominica to do a preliminary assessment.<\/p>\n<p>The team has been excavating the site over the past two weeks with the assistance of two other Dominicans, Mitchel Laville and Anil Sango.<\/p>\n<p>They have found a lot of material which points to the location here of a small pirate base to attack shipping coming into the channel from the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>It was also a post for trading tobacco with the Kalinago people who were in control of the district at the time. The dates are estimated at about 1580s to 1630s, over a century before Dominica was officially colonized.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Honychurch, who is a council member of the UWI Open Campus, provided documentation to match the archaeological material being found. This is mainly Dutch ware, glass, tobacco pipes and lead shot.<\/p>\n<p>The bay is the first protected harbor with a safe anchorage when coming in from the Atlantic. It has a river which provided water and a wide beach for landing. There are much shellfish and crabs for food.<\/p>\n<p>It was known to the Kalinagos as S\u00e1ua, the name of an important tree (Genipa Americana) that provided blue-black dye and gum. The French settlers translated the Kalinago \u2018S\u00e1ua\u2019 as La Soie in their language and so it is named today.<\/p>\n<p>When the British took over the island they built a fort on La Soie Point and a jetty for shipping cargo and produce.<\/p>\n<p>After presenting a preliminary report and application for a foundation grant in the US, the team hopes to be able to do a more extensive dig next year.<\/p>\n<p>The material stays in Dominica and it is hoped that it can be displayed in a visitor centre and small museum near the site for educational and tourism interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A team of archaeologists has found what appears to be an early pirate trading port in a bay in the northeast corner of Dominica. 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