The archaeology of the Caribbean / Samuel M. Wilson.

By:

Wilson, Samuel Meredith, 1957-

Series: Cambridge world archaeology | Cambridge world archaeologyPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.Description: xiv, 209 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780521623339
0521623332
9780521626224
0521626226

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

972.9/01 22

LOC classification:

F1619 .W55 2007

Other classification:

15.38

Online resources:

Contents:

Introduction -- The first human colonization of the Caribbean -- The Saladoid phenomenon -- The Ta ino -- The Caribbean on the eve of European contact -- The Caribbean after the arrival of Europeans -- Conclusions.

Summary: "The Archaeology of the Caribbean is a comprehensive synthesis of Caribbean prehistory from the earliest settlement by humans more than 4,000 years ago to the time of European conquest of the islands, from the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries. Samuel Wilson reviews the evidence for migration and cultural change throughout the archipelago, dealing in particular with periods of cultural interaction when groups with different cultures and histories were in contact. He also examines the evolving relationship of the Caribbean people with their environment, as they developed increasingly productive economic systems over time, as well as the emergence of increasingly complex social and political systems, particularly in the Greater Antilles in the centuries before the European conquest. The Archaeology of the Caribbean also provides a review of the history of Caribbean archaeology and the individual scholars and ideas that have shaped the field."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-199) and index.

"The Archaeology of the Caribbean is a comprehensive synthesis of Caribbean prehistory from the earliest settlement by humans more than 4,000 years ago to the time of European conquest of the islands, from the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries. Samuel Wilson reviews the evidence for migration and cultural change throughout the archipelago, dealing in particular with periods of cultural interaction when groups with different cultures and histories were in contact. He also examines the evolving relationship of the Caribbean people with their environment, as they developed increasingly productive economic systems over time, as well as the emergence of increasingly complex social and political systems, particularly in the Greater Antilles in the centuries before the European conquest. The Archaeology of the Caribbean also provides a review of the history of Caribbean archaeology and the individual scholars and ideas that have shaped the field."--Jacket.

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