Scholars seeking to reconstruct the history of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Mauritius can draw on rich archival collections in Mauritius, the United Kingdom, and France. While the documents in these collections reveal a great deal about some aspects of colonial Mauritian history, they frequently shed little light on topics such as the sociocultural universe in which the island’s inhabitants lived, the transition from slave to indentured labor, creolization and religio-cultural syncretism, and the environmental impact of colonization. Archaeological research holds out the promise of providing insights into some of these hitherto hidden aspects of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Mauritian life, and highlights the need for interdisciplinary approaches to studying the multicultural societies that developed in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century colonial plantation world.

寻求重建 18 和 19 世纪毛里求斯历史的学者可以利用毛里求斯、英国和法国丰富的档案馆藏。虽然这些收藏中的文件揭示了毛里求斯殖民历史的某些方面的大量内容，但它们经常对诸如岛上居民生活的社会文化世界、从奴隶到契约劳工的转变、克里奥尔化和宗教文化等主题没有任何了解。融合，以及殖民化对环境的影响。考古研究有望提供对 18 和 19 世纪毛里求斯生活中一些迄今隐藏的方面的见解，