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Islands at the Crossroads
A long sequence of social, cultural, and political
processes characterizes an ever-dynamic Caribbean history. The
Caribbean Basin is home to numerous linguistic and cultural
traditions and fluid interactions that often map imperfectly onto
former colonial and national traditions. Although much of this
contact occurred within the confines of local cultural
communities, regions, or islands, they nevertheless also include
exchanges between islands, and in some cases, with the
surrounding continents. recent research in the pragmatics of
seafaring and trade suggests that in many cases long-distance
intercultural interactions are crucial elements in shaping the
social and cultural dynamics of the local populations. The
contributors to
Islands at the Crossroads include scholars from the
Caribbean, the United States, and Europe who look beyond cultural
boundaries and colonial frontiers to explore the complex and
layered ways in which both distant and more intimate
sociocultural, political, and economic interactions have shaped
Caribbean societies from seven thousand years ago to recent
times.
Contributors Douglas V. Armstrong / Mary Jane
Berman / Arie Boomert / Alistair J. Bright / Richard T. Callaghan
/ L. Antonio Curet / Mark W. Hauser / Corinne L. Hofman / Menno
L. P. Hoogland / Kenneth G. Kelly / Sebastiaan Knippenberg /
Ingrid Newquist / Isabel C. Rivera-Collazo / Reniel
Rodríquez Ramos / Alice V. M. Samson / Peter E. Siegel /
Christian Williamson
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Crossing the Borders
Explores the application of a selected number of newly
emerging methods and techniques During the past few
decades, Caribbean scholars on both sides of the Atlantic have
increasingly developed and employed new methods and techniques
for the study of archaeological materials. The aim of earlier
research in the Caribbean was mainly to define typologies on the
basis of pottery and lithic assemblages leading to the
establishment of chronological charts for the region, and it was
not until the 1980s that the use of technological and functional
analyses of artifacts became widespread. The 1990s saw a
veritable boom in this field, introducing innovative methods and
techniques for analyzing artifacts and human skeletal remains.
Innovative approaches included microscopic use-wear analysis,
starch residue and phytolith analysis, stable isotope analysis,
experimental research, ethnoarchaeological studies, geochemical
analyses, and DNA studies. The purpose of this volume is to
describe new methods and techniques in the study of
archaeological materials from the Caribbean and to assess
possible avenues of mutual benefit and integration. Exploring the
advantages and disadvantages in the application of a selected
number of newly emerging methods and techniques, each of these
approaches is illustrated by a case study. These studies
benefited from a diverse array of experience and the
international background of the researchers from Canada, the
Netherlands, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Martinique, Italy, Mexico,
Dominican Republic, England, and the United States who are
integral members of the archaeological community of the
Caribbean. A background to the study of archaeological materials
in the Caribbean since the 1930s is provided in order to
contextualize the latest developments in this field.
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Ancient Mines and Quarries
Fourteen papers explore a range of issues relating to prehistoric extraction sites, including ethnography, geochemical signatures, the application of neutron activation analysis, exploitation of erratics, excavation, survey and conservation. Topics include quernstone extraction, use of hammers, stages of extraction, geographical and social contexts, changing social regimes, the ritualised nature of journeys to quarry sites, study of petrofabrics, and the effects of joint and cleavage on quarrying practice. Two contributions are in French with extended summaries in English.
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