FIELD NOTES / JAM / Caribbean
Jamaica
Submerged streets & archaeological layers.
START WITH A PLACE
The Archaeological Ensemble of 17th Century Port Royal
Port Royal’s surviving terrestrial and underwater remains record a port transformed by the 1692 earthquake. Its urban history includes transatlantic commerce and the trade in enslaved people.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in mass and surface.
Compare the readable plan of a street with the sediment and water that now cover parts of it. Treat preservation and historical context as part of the spatial study.
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Limestone paper#eee7d8oklch(0.929 0.021 85.945)
Warm sediment#c6ad86oklch(0.760 0.060 78.678)
Earth ochre#a36545oklch(0.568 0.092 47.550)
Weathered slate#657d79oklch(0.569 0.029 184.084)
Carbon ink#282b2boklch(0.286 0.004 196.917)