Map 4.1, Exchange Networks

Map 4.1. A network analysis using the Yifan Hu Proportional layout algorithm to describe relatedness vis-à-vis coarse earthenware. Group numbers refer to different ceramic recipes as ascertained from instrumental neutron activation analysis. This method maps their relative distance from one another based on multiple complementary relations, in this case the presence of ceramics with different ceramic recipes. For example, ceramic recipes 7 and 2 are rarely found on the same site, and are represented as distinct and distant nodes. This means that two geographically proximate sites, such as Sugarloaf and Lamoff, were end points in different networks. Conversely, because Sugarloaf and Crève-Coeur (Martinique) have complementary relationships (ceramic recipes 9, 6, and 2), they are illustrated as relatively close to one another. Importantly, these networks show a circulation of objects between potteries and plantations on different islands colonized by different European powers. Illustration by author.