Voices in Exile
Jamaican Texts of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Rock Art of the Caribbean
Rock Art of the Caribbean focuses on the nature of Caribbean rock art or rock graphics and makes clear the region's substantial and distinctive rock art tradition.
The Aborigines of Puerto Rico and Neighboring Islands
Trinidad Yoruba
From Mother-Tongue to Memory
A deeply informed Afrocentric view of language and cultural retention under slavery.
Maureen Warner-Lewis offers a comprehensive description of the West African language of Yoruba as it has been used on the island of Trinidad in the southern Caribbean.
Caciques and Cemi Idols
The Web Spun by Taino Rulers Between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
Language in Exile
Three Hundred Years of Jamaican Creole
"An important addition to studies of the genesis and life of Jamaican Creole as well as other New World creoles such as Gulla. Highlighting the nature of the nonstandard varieties of British English dialects to which the African slaves were exposed, this work presents a refreshingly cogent view of Jamaican Creole features."
--SECOL Review
Heritage or Heresy
Archaeology and Culture on the Maya Riviera
Through analysis of seven archaeological sites on the Yucatan peninsula that are open to heritage touring, Walker reveals the planned growth of the Maya Riviera since the early 1970s and examines the impact of international tourism on both ancient structures and the contemporary Maya people and culture.
Talking Taino
Caribbean Natural History from a Native Perspective
Keegan and Carlson, combined, have spent over 45 years conducting archaeological research in the Caribbean, directing projects in Trinidad, Grenada, St. Lucia, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, the Turks & Caicos Islands, and throughout the Bahamas.
Pre-Columbian Jamaica
Archaeology and Geoinformatics
Case Studies from the Caribbean
Provides tremendous insight and an excellent grasp of the special geoinformatics needs of Caribbean researchers
Crossing the Borders
New Methods and Techniques in the Study of Archaeological Materials from the Caribbean
The Nature of an Ancient Maya City
Resources, Interaction, and Power at Blue Creek, Belize
Ancient Maya Traders of Ambergris Caye
Focuses on the maritime trade network sites on Ambergris Caye, Belize, where excavations have revealed remnants of very small villages, or camps, along the Caribbean coastline