Port Louis: An Archaeological and Historical Survey of the First Capital of the Falkland Islands - Philpott, Robert A. (Research Associate, University of Liverpool)
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Port Louis, a key archaeological site in the Falkland Islands, was the main settlement for four colonial powers from 1764 to 1844. Abandoned in 1844, it has well-preserved remains. Surveys from 1994-1996 and 2023 used advanced technology to map the site, revealing its historical and geopolitical significance.

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Port Louis, a key archaeological site in the Falkland Islands, was the main settlement for four colonial powers from 1764 to 1844. Abandoned in 1844, it has well-preserved remains. Surveys from 1994-1996 and 2023 used advanced technology to map the site, revealing its historical and geopolitical significance.
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Robert Philpott is a research associate in the Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, and an archaeological consultant. He has been researching the archaeology of the Falkland Islands since 1992. An initial survey of the first British colony at Port Egmont was followed by investigations of the Patagonian Missionary Society settlement on Keppel Island, Falkland Islands Company cattle ranching sites and the company headquarters at Darwin. Other research interests include the colonial archaeology of the Leeward Islands, and the Iron Age and later archaeology of the North West of England. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.