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The Oxford handbook of Caribbean archaeology / edited by William F. Keegan, Corinne L. Hofman, and Reniel Rodríguez Ramos

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Author:
Keegan, William F  Search this
Hofman, Corinne Lisette 1959-  Search this
Rodríguez Ramos, Reniel  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 594 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Caribbean area
Caribbean Area
West Indies
Date:
2013
©2013
Contents:
Caribbean archaeology in historical perspective / Peter E. Siegel -- The climatic context for pre-Columbian archaeology in the Caribbean / Jago Cooper -- Indigenous languages of the Caribbean / Julian Granberry -- The "classic" Taíno / William F. Keegan -- Kinship and social organization in the pre-Hispanic Caribbean / Bradley E. Ensor -- Ethnohistory of the Caribs / Louis Allaire -- The Arawak diaspora : perspectives from South America / Michael Heckenberger -- The humanization of the insular Caribbean / Reniel Rodríguez Ramos, Jaime R. Pagán-Jiménez, and Corinne L. Hofman -- Gateway to the mainland : Trinidad and Tobago / Arie Boomert -- Isthmo-Antillean engagements / Reniel Rodríguez Ramos -- Huecoid culture and the Antillean agroalfarero (farmer-potter) period / Luis A. Chanlatte Baik -- The Saladoid / Benoît Bérard -- The southward route hypothesis / Scott M. Fitzpatrick -- The post-Saladoid in the Lesser Antilles (AD 600/800-1492) / Corinne L. Hofman -- Meillacoid and the origins of classic Taino society / Peter T. Sinelli -- Archaeological practice, archaic presence, and interaction in Indigenous societies in Cuba / Jorge Ulloa Hung and Roberto Valcárcel Rojas -- Jamaica / Kit W. Wesler -- The Bahama archipelago / Mary Jane Berman, Perry L. Gnivecki, and Michael P. Pateman -- Archaeological views of Caribbean seafaring / Richard T. Callaghan -- An archaeology of spatiality in the Caribbean / Christopher F. Altes -- Exchange as a social contract : a perspective from the microscale / Joost Morsink -- Studying pre-Columbian interaction networks : mobility and exchange / Angus A.A. Mol -- Rethinking chiefdoms in the Caribbean / Joshua M. Torres -- Household archaeology / Alice V.M. Samson -- Zooarchaeology in the Caribbean : current research and future prospects / Susan D. deFrance -- Human-plant dynamics in the precolonial Antilles : a synthetic update / Jaime R. Pagán Jiménez -- Stable isotope analysis of paleodiet in the Caribbean / William J. Pestle -- Paleomobility research in Caribbean contexts : new perspectives from isotope analysis / Jason E. Laffoon -- The study of pre-Columbian human remains in the Caribbean archipelago : from descriptive osteology to a bioarchaeological approach / Edwin F. Crespo-Torres, Hayley L. Mickleburgh, and Roberto Varcárcel Rojas -- From corpse taphonomy to mortuary behavior in the Caribbean : a case study from the Lesser Antilles / Menno L.P. Hoogland and Corinne L. Hofman -- The DNA evidence for the human colonization and spread across the Americas : implications for the peopling of the Caribbean / Juan Martínez Cruzado -- Rock art of the Caribbean / Michele H. Hayward, Lesley-Gail Atkinson, and Michael A. Cinquino, with contributions by Gérard Richard -- Metals in the indigenous societies of the insular Caribbean / Roberto Valcárcel Rojas and Marcos Martinón Torres -- New directions in Caribbean historical archaeology / Douglas V. Armstrong -- Transcending oppression: contributions of Maroon heritage to freedom in world history / E. Kofi Agorsah -- The construction of an identity and the politics of remembering / Carmen A. Laguer Díaz -- Caribbean archaeology in the next 50 years / Samuel M. Wilson
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1029897