Kumako: a place of convergence for Maroons and Amerindians in Suriname, SA

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1745-1744|84|324|467-479

ISSN: 0003-598x

Source: Antiquity, Vol.84, Iss.324, 2010-06, pp. : 467-479

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Abstract

The author is exploring the site of Kumako in Suriname, a destination for Maroons escaping from plantations in coastal Suriname between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. She finds evidence for a structured settlement, distinctive pottery and local ritual practices, raising new questions about the degree of interaction and acculturation between Maroons and indigenous people.