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The Archaeology of Tibes

Life, Death, and Memory at an Early Ceremonial Center in the Caribbean

University of Alabama Press

A collection of new essays that brings archaeological insights and discoveries at the Tibes Ceremonial Center up to date

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The Archaeology of Tibes

Life, Death, and Memory at an Early Ceremonial Center in the Caribbean

University of Alabama Press
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Surviving Spanish Conquest

Indian Fight, Flight, and Cultural Transformation in Hispaniola and Puerto Rico

University of Alabama Press

Reveals the transformation that occurred in Indian communities during the Spanish conquest of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico from 1492 to 1550

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Real, Recent, or Replica

Precolumbian Caribbean Heritage as Art, Commodity, and Inspiration

University of Alabama Press

Examines the largely unexplored topics in Caribbean archaeology of looting of heritage sites, fraudulent artifacts, and illicit trade of archaeological materials
 

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Historical Archaeologies of the Caribbean

Contextualizing Sites through Colonialism, Capitalism, and Globalism

University of Alabama Press

New perspectives on Caribbean historical archaeology that go beyond the colonial plantation

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Archaeology below the Cliff

Race, Class, and Redlegs in Barbadian Sugar Society

University of Alabama Press

First book-length archaeological study of a nonelite white population on a Caribbean plantation

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A Universal Theory of Pottery Production

Irving Rouse, Attributes, Modes, and Ethnography

University of Alabama Press

By an analysis of ceramic production, appendage, and decorative techniques at the Paso del Indio archaeological site in Puerto Rico, Richard A. Krause’s A Universal Theory of Pottery Production offers new insight into a classic theory of pottery manufacture by production steps and stages.

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Sugar Cane Capitalism and Environmental Transformation

An Archaeology of Colonial Nevis, West Indies

University of Alabama Press

Offers a rare exploration of the substantial environmental impact of capitalist sugar agriculture, colonial settlement, and the Atlantic slave trade on the Caribbean island of Nevis

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Islands at the Crossroads

Migration, Seafaring, and Interaction in the Caribbean

University of Alabama Press

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.

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Protecting Heritage in the Caribbean

University of Alabama Press

This volume addresses the problem of how Caribbean nations deal with the challenges of protecting their cultural heritages or patrimonies within the context of pressing economic development concerns.

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