Rock art of the Caribbean / edited by Michele H. Hayward, Lesley-Gail Atkinson, and Michael A. Cinquino.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hayward, Michele H.

Atkinson Swaby, Lesley-Gail

Cinquino, Michael A.

Series:

Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock paintings--Caribbean Area.

Rock paintings.

Petroglyphs--Caribbean Area.

Petroglyphs.

Rock paintings--Social aspects--Caribbean Area.

Petroglyphs--Social aspects--Caribbean Area.

Rock paintings--Conservation and restoration--Caribbean Area.

Petroglyphs--Conservation and restoration--Caribbean Area.

Petroglyphs--Conservation and restoration.

Rock paintings--Conservation and restoration.

Social aspects.

Caribbean Area--Antiquities.

Caribbean Area.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

ix, 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2009]

Summary:

This compilation by an international group 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 history of rock graphic research, the nature of the assemblages (image numbers, types, locations), and the legal, conservation, and research status of the image sites.

Chapters cover research on the islands of Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Aruba, and Bonaire. The prehispanic rock art and other ceremonial structures and artifacts, along with enthnohistorical accounts of the region at Contact, projected backward in time, all point to an active ritual and ceremonial life involving commoners, religious specialists, and elites in differing and interconnected roles and for diverse purposes.

The selective use of common rock graphic design and physical elements can be seen in the distribution and execution of the carved and painted images. Pecked, ground, abraded, and scratched petroglyphs, along with pictographs done frequently in red, black, white and orange hues are found on a range of rock surfaces including limestones, granites, diorites, and andesites. Caves/rock shelters and rock formations associated with water sources (water ways, pools, ocean) account for the two most common locations, followed by ball court sites, inland rock outcroppings, and beach rock.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Michele H. Hayward, Lesley-Gail Atkinson, Michael A. Cinquino 1

2 Rock Art within the Bahamian Archipelago / John H. Winter 13

3 History, Survey, Conservation, and Interpretation of Cuban Rock Art / Racso Fernández Ortega, José B. González Tendero, Divaldo A. Gutierrez Calvache 22

4 Sacred Landscapes: Imagery, Iconography, and Ideology in Jamaican Rock Art / Lesley-Gail Atkinson 41

5 Caring for the Spirit Helpers: Recording, Graffiti Removal, Interpretation, and Management of the Warminster/Genus Rockshelter, Jamaica / Johannes H. N. Loubser, Philip Allsworth-Jones 58

6 The Rock Images of Haiti: A Living Heritage / Rachel Beauvoir-Dominique 78

7 Rock Art Studies in the Dominican Republic / José Gabriel Atiles Bidó 90

8 Rock Art of the Dominican Republic and Caribbean / Adolfo López Belando, Michael H. Hayward 102

9 Rock Art of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands / Michele H. Hayward, Peter G. Roe, Michael A. Cinquino, Pedro A. Alvarado Zayas, Kenneth S. Wild 115

10 The Rock Art of Guadeloupe, French West Indies / Gérard Richard 137

11 Contextual Analysis of the Lesser Antillean Windward Islands Petroglyphs: Methods and Results / Sofia Jönsson Marquet 147

12 Prehistoric Rock Paintings of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles / Jay B. Haviser 161

13 Rock Art of Aruba / Harold J. Kelly 175

14 A New Method for Recording Petroglyphs: The Research Potential of Digitized Images / George V. Landon, W. Brent Seales 188

15 The Mute Stones Speak: The Past, Present, and Future of Caribbean Rock Art Research / Peter G. Roe 198.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817316501

0817316507

9780817355302

0817355308

9780817381592

0817381597

OCLC:

276995947

Publisher Number:

99934825057