The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Archaeology
ISBN: 9780195392302 | 0195392302
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 3/7/2013
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This volume brings together examples of the best research to address the complexity of the Caribbean past.
The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Archaeologyprovides an overview of archaeological investigations in the insular Caribbean, understood here as the islands whose shores surround the Caribbean Sea and the islands of the Bahama Archipelago. Though these islands were never isolated from the surrounding mainland, their histories are sufficiently diverse to warrant their identification as distinct areas of culture. ... MORE
The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Archaeologyprovides an overview of archaeological investigations in the insular Caribbean, understood here as the islands whose shores surround the Caribbean Sea and the islands of the Bahama Archipelago. Though these islands were never isolated from the surrounding mainland, their histories are sufficiently diverse to warrant their identification as distinct areas of culture. ... MORE
Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Islands of History and the Precolonial History of the Caribbean Islands
1. Introduction to the Archaeology of the Insular Caribbean
William F. Keegan, Corinne L. Hofman, and Reniel Rodríguez Ramos
2. Caribbean Archaeology in Historical Perspective
Peter E. Siegel
3. The Climatic Context for pre-Columbian Archaeology in the Caribbean
Jago Cooper
Ethnohistory
4. Indigenous Languages of the Caribbean
Julian Granberry
5. The Ta... MORE
William F. Keegan is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida and Curator of Caribbean Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Corinne L. Hofman is Professor of Caribbean Archaeology at Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Reniel Rodríguez Ramos is Assistant Professor at the Universidad de Puerto Rico-Utuado and a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Archaeology of Leiden. University.
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