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Zusatztext The diversity of articles in this volume provides exposure to parts of the region unfamiliar to me and offered a deeper representation of the complexity and variability of the Caribbean archaeological record than found in previous publications. ... All in all this publication is a superb reference and research source. ... The work of all the contributors strengthens communication among Caribbeanists! makes available current and innovate views of the past! anddemonstrates to archaeologists outside the Caribbean how vibrant and innovative Caribbean archaeology has become. I congratulate the editors for putting together this resourceful! imaginative and forward-looking compendium. Informationen zum Autor William F. Keegan is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida and Curator of Caribbean Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History.Corinne L. Hofman is Professor of Caribbean Archaeology at Leiden University, The Netherlands.Reniel Rodríguez Ramos is Assistant Professor at the Universidad de Puerto Rico-Utuado and a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Archaeology of Leiden. University. Klappentext This volume brings together examples of the best research to address the complexity of the Caribbean past. Zusammenfassung The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Archaeology provides an overview of archaeological investigations in the insular Caribbean, understood here as the islands whose shores surround the Caribbean Sea and the islands of the Bahama Archipelago. Though these islands were never isolated from the surrounding mainland, their histories are sufficiently diverse to warrant their identification as distinct areas of culture. Over the past 20 years, Caribbean archaeologyhas been transformed from a focus on reconstructing culture histories to one on the mobility and exchange expressed in cultural and social dynamics. This Handbook brings together, for the first time, examples of the best research conducted by scholars from across the globe to address the complexity of theCaribbean past.The Handbook is divided into five sections. Part I, Islands of History and the Precolonial History of the Caribbean Islands, provides an introduction to Caribbean Archaeology and its history. The papers in the following Ethnohistory section address the diversity of cultural practices expressed in the insular Caribbean and develop historical descriptions in concert with archaeological evidence in order to place language, social organization, and the native Taínos and Island Caribs inperspective. The following section, Culture History, provides the latest research on specific geographical locations and cross-cultural engagements, from Jamaica and the Bahama archigelago to the Saladoid and the Isthmo-Antillean Engagements. Creating History, the fourth section, includes papers on specificissues related to the field, such as Zooarchaeology, Rock Art, and DNA analysis, among others. The final section, World History, centers on the consequences of European colonization. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTRIBUTORS ; LIST OF FIGURES ; LIST OF TABLES ; ISLANDS OF HISTORY AND THE PRECOLONIAL HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS ; 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE INSULAR CARIBBEAN ; WILLIAM F. KEEGAN! CORINNE L. HOFMAN! AND RENIEL RODRIGUEZ RAMOS ; 2. CARIBBEAN ARCHAEOLOGY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ; PETER E. SIEGEL ; 3. THE CLIMATIC CONTEXT FOR PRE-COLUMBIAN ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE CARIBBEAN ; JAGO COOPER ; ETHNOHISTORY ; 4. INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES OF THE CARIBBEAN ; JULIAN GRANBERRY ; 5. THE TAINOS ; WILLIAM F. KEEGAN ; 6. KINSHIP AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN THE PREHISTORIC CARIBBEAN ; BRADLEY ENSOR ; 7. ETHNOHISTORY OF THE CARIBS ; LOUIS ALLAIRE ; CULTURE HISTORY ; 8. THE ARAWAK DIASPORA: PERSPECTIVES FROM SOUTH AMERICA ; MICHAEL HECKENBERGER ; 9. THE HUMANIZATION OF THE INSULAR CARIBBEAN ; RENIEL RODRIGUEZ RAMOS! JAIME PAGAN JIMENEZ! AND CORINNE HOFMAN ; 10. ...
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This volume brings together examples of the best research to address the complexity of the Caribbean past.
