Pre-Columbian Jamaica

Informationen zum Autor Philip Allsworth-Jones was until recently a senior lecturer in archaeology at the University of the West Indies in Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, where he did the bulk of the research for and writing of Pre-Columbian Jamaica. He is currently a research fellow in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield in England. Klappentext "Pre-Columbian Jamaica" represents the first substantial attempt to summarize the prehistoric evidence from the island in a single published account since J. E. Duerden's invaluable 1897 article on the subject, which is also reprinted within this volume. Zusammenfassung Intends to summarize the prehistoric evidence from the island of Jamaica. This book is designed to provide general commentary that can stand alone and be read as a continuous narrative. It includes a CD-ROM that furnishes a range of illustrations! data! calculations! measurements! and comparisons.

Product details

• Authors: P. Allsworth-Jones, Phillip Allsworth-Jones
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.06.2008
• EAN: 9780817354664
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5466-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethn
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity