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The Archaeology of Tibes
Life, Death, and Memory at an Early Ceremonial Center in the Caribbean
Edited by L. Antonio Curet and Lisa M. Stringer
University of Alabama Press
A collection of new essays that brings archaeological insights and discoveries at the Tibes Ceremonial Center up to date
The Archaeology of Tibes
Life, Death, and Memory at an Early Ceremonial Center in the Caribbean
Edited by L. Antonio Curet and Lisa M. Stringer
University of Alabama Press
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
Real, Recent, or Replica
Precolumbian Caribbean Heritage as Art, Commodity, and Inspiration
Edited by Joanna Ostapkowicz and Jonathan A. Hanna; Foreword by Peter E. Siegel; Epilogue by L. Antonio Curet
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
Historical Archaeologies of the Caribbean
Contextualizing Sites through Colonialism, Capitalism, and Globalism
Edited by Todd M. Ahlman and Gerald F. Schroedl
University of Alabama Press
New perspectives on Caribbean historical archaeology that go beyond the colonial plantation
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
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.
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
Islands at the Crossroads
Migration, Seafaring, and Interaction in the Caribbean
Edited by L. Antonio Curet and Mark W. Hauser
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.
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.