Christopher Taylor stands as a foremost practitioner in non-excavational field survey and landscape archaeology. He has garnered significant attention through his engaging broadcasts, insightful books, and dedicated teaching and continuing education initiatives. Taylor's work emphasizes understanding human history through the lens of the landscape, offering unique perspectives to both readers and listeners. His commitment to popularizing archaeology solidifies his influential role in the field.
Christopher Taylor shows why nineteenth-century British West Indian letters were remarkably un-British by exploring how West Indians reoriented their affective, cultural, and political worlds toward the Americas in response to the liberalization of the British Empire and the resulting imperial neglect.