Caribbean
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Rock Art of the Caribbean [Hardback]
Michele H. Hayward (Editor); Lesley-Gail Atkinson (Editor); Michael A. Cinquino (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780817316501
Published by : University of Alabama Press
This compilation, by an international grouping of scholars, focuses on the nature of Caribbean rock art or rock graphics and makes clear the region's substantial and distinctive rock art tradition. Thorough and comparative, it includes data on the... .... Learn More -
Archaeology and Geoinformatics: Case Studies from the Caribbean [Paperback]
Basil A. Reid (Author)
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ISBN: 9780817354701
Published by : University of Alabama Press
Oxbow says: Geoinformatics is an inter-disciplinary field of study that combines the use of information and technologies from GIS, GPS, satellite imagery, aerial photography, cartography, geophysical survey and photogrammetry. This collection of ... .... Learn More -
Teeth Tell Tales: Dental wear as evidence for cultural practices at Anse a la Gourde and Tutu (Caribbean) [Paperback]
Hayley L Mickleburgh (Author)
$64.00ISBN: 9789088900075
Published by : Sidestone Press
Similar to the osteological study of prehistoric human remains, the study of human dental wear has been proven to afford a wealth of information on human cultural practices. This study is aimed at recording and understanding the dental wear pat... .... Learn More -
Human Biology of Afro-Caribbean Populations [Hardback]
Lorena Madrigal (Author)
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ISBN: 9780521819312
Published by : Cambridge University Press
A comprehensive study of the microevolution of Caribbean populations of African descent, this book reviews the conditions endured by the slaves during their passage and in the plantations and how these conditions may have affected their own hea... .... Learn More -
Costly Giving, Giving Guaízas: Towards an organic model of the exchange of social valuables in the Late Ceramic Age Caribbean [Paperback]
Angus A A Mol (Author)
$70.00ISBN: 9789088900020
Published by : Sidestone Press
An Archaeology of Exchange is primarily an archaeology of human sociality and anti-sociality. Nevertheless, archaeological studies of exchange are numerous and varied, and archaeologists do not always approach exchange as a social mechanism, c... .... Learn More -
Imaging Adornos: Classifications and Iconography of Saladoid Adornos from St Vincent, West Indies [Paperback]
Iosif Moravetz (Author)
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ISBN: 9781841718811
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
St Vincent's (Lesser Antilles, Caribbean) archaeological record is rich in images depicted by a variety of fired clay artefacts. Prominent among them are small modelled and incised zoomorphic heads known as "adornos" that decorated the rims, handl... .... Learn More -
Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles [Paperback]
Julian Granberry (Author)
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ISBN: 9780817351236
Published by : Alabama University Press
This work formulates a testable hypothesis of the origins and migration patterns of the aboriginal peoples of the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico), the Lucayan Islands (the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the Crown ... .... Learn More -
Late Ceramic Age Societies in the Eastern Caribbean [Paperback]
Corinne Hofman (Author); Andre Delpuech (Author)
$100.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9781841716268
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This present volume discusses the period between, approximately, AD 600 and 1500. The geographic region concerned is limited to the eastern part of the Antilles, including Trinidad, the Lesser Antilles, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico and t... .... Learn More -
Les premières occupations agricoles de l'arc antillais, migration et insularité: Le cas de l'occupation saladoïde anciennes de la Martinique [Paperback]
Benoit Berard (Author)
$92.50Out of stock
ISBN: 9781841716497
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Benoît Bérard's study aims to identify and characterise the earliest agricultural occupations of the Antillean Islands, taking Martinique as his main case study. Essentially a collation and synthesis of old and new data gained through recent field... .... Learn More -
The Archaeology of the Clay Tobacco Pipe XV [Paperback]
Peter Davey (Author); Georgia Fox (Author)
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ISBN: 9781841711140
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study reports on one of the largest and best dated assemblages of clay pipes recovered from the site of Port Royal in Jamaica. Many of the pipes came from Bristol and date to the 17th century AD. Recovered during excavations at Port Royal ... .... Learn More