Encyclopedia of Caribbean archaeology / edited by Basil A. Reid and R. Grant Gilmore III.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reid, Basil A., 1961-

Gilmore, R. Grant, III (Richard Grant)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--West Indies--Encyclopedias.

Archaeology.

Excavations (Archaeology)--West Indies--Encyclopedias.

Excavations (Archaeology).

West Indies--Antiquities--Encyclopedias.

West Indies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A sweeping overview of the scholarly information available on archaeology in the Caribbean, tackling the usual questions of colonization, adaptation, and evolution while embracing such newer aspects as geoinformatics and archaeometry.

Contents:

A. Afro-Caribbean Earthenwares / R. Grant Gilmore III and Kevin Farmer

Agricultural Earthworks (The Guianas) / Stephen Rostain

Alegria, Ricardo E. (1921-2011) / L. Antonio Curet

Anguilla / John G. Crock

Antigua and Barbuda (Archaic Sites) / Reg Murphy

Arawak versus Taino / Basil A. Reid

The Archaeological Committee of Trinidad and Tobago / K. O. Laurence

Archaeological Conservation / Georgia L. Fox

Archaeological Heritage Management / Peter E. Siegel

The Archaeological Society of Jamaica / Lesley-Gail Atkinson

Archaeometry / Corinne L. Hofman

The Archaic Age / Basil A. Reid

The Association of Caribbean Historians / Bridget Brereton and Sherry-Ann Singh

B. The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands / Jeffrey P. Blick

Banwari Trace (Trinidad) / Basil A. Reid

Barbados / Kevin Farmer

Barbados Museum and Historical Society (BMHS) / Kevin Farmer

Barka, Norman F. (1938-2008) / R. Grant Gilmore III

The Barrancoid Series / Basil A. Reid

Beads / R. Grant Gilmore III

Betty's Hope Plantation (Antigua) / Georgia L. Fox

Bonaire (Dutch Caribbean; Former Netherlands Antilles) / Jay B. Haviser

Bonaire Archaeological Institute (BONAI) / Jay B. Haviser

Bottles (Colonial) / Georgia L. Fox and R. Grant Gilmore III

Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park (St. Kitts) / Gerald F. Schroedl

Bullbrook, John A. (1881-1967) / Arie Boomert

Bullen, Ripley (1902-1976), and Adelaide

Bullen (1908-1987) / George M. Luer

C. The Cabrits Garrison (Portsmouth, Dominica) / Zachary J. Beier

Caguana/Capa Site (Puerto Rico) / Alexandra Sajo

Cannibalism (Anthropophagy) / Basil A. Reid

Cannon / Ruud Stelten

Carriacou / Scott M. Fitzpatrick

The Casimiroid / Alexandra Sajo

Cassava (Manioc) / Mark C. Donop

The Cayman Islands / Peter L. Drewett

The Cayoid Pottery Series / Arie Boomert

Cemeteries / Naseema Hosein-Hoey

The Chican Ostionoid Subseries / L. Antonio Curet

Chiefdoms (Cacicazgos) / Joshua M. Torres and Basil A. Reid

Ciboney versus Guanahatabey / Basil A. Reid

Clay Tobacco Pipes (Bowls and Stems) / Naseema Hosein-Hoey

Cohoba / Joshua M. Torres

Columbus's Landfall / Jeffrey P. Blick

Conucos / Ieteke Witteveen and Basil A. Reid

Crab/Shell Dichotomy / Joshua M. Torres and Basil A. Reid

Cruxent, Jose Maria (1911-2005) / Kathleen Deagan

Cuba (Historical Archaeology of) / Theresa Singleton

Cundall, Frank (1858-1937) / James Robertson

Curacao (Former Netherlands Antilles) / Jay B. Haviser

D. De Boyrie Moya, Emil (1903-1967) / Clenis Tav rez Maria

De Hostos, Adolfo (1887-1982) / L. Antonio Curet

DNA and Caribbean Archaeology / Maria A. Nieves-Colon

Drax Hall Estate (Jamaica) / Douglas V. Armstrong

Duhos (Dujos) / Joshua M. Torres

Duerden, J. E. (1869-1937) / Ivor Conolley

The Dutch Caribbean / Jay B. Haviser

Dutch Colonial Ceramic Types / R. Grant Gilmore III

E. East End Free Black Community (St. John) / Douglas V. Armstrong

The Elenan Ostionoid Subseries / L. Antonio Curet

Elite Exchange in the Caribbean / Basil A. Reid and L. Antonio Curet

English Colonial Ceramic Types / R. Grant Gilmore III

Environmental Archaeology / Lee A. Newsom

F. Falmouth (Jamaica) / Patricia E. Green

Ferrous and Nonferrous Metals / Georgia L. Fox

The First Caribbean Farmers / Basil A. Reid

The Florida Museum of Natural History / Elise V. LeCompte and Gifford J. Waters

Foundation for Marine Archaeology of the Netherlands Antilles (STIMANA) / Jay B. Haviser

French Jesuit Mission Outpost (Dominica) / Stephan Lenik

French Colonial Ceramic Types / R. Grant Gilmore III

G. Geoinformatics / Basil A. Reid and Joshua M. Torres

Golden Rock Site (St. Eustatius) / Joanna K. Gilmore

Grenada / Scott M. Fitzpatrick

The Grenadines / Scott M. Fitzpatrick

Griddles / Mark C. Donop

Grindstones / Joshua M. Torres and Basil A. Reid

Ground Sloths / H. Gregory McDonald

Guadeloupe (Eastern) / Maaike de Waal Guanin / Jeffrey P. Blick

Guano / Kevin Farmer

H. Hematite / Joshua M. Torres

Historical Archaeological Sites (Types) / Naseema Hosein-Hoey

Historical Ecology / Scott M. Fitzpatrick

Historic Bridgetown and Its Garrison (Barbados) / Kevin Farmer

Historic Trails (Jamaica) / Ainsley Henriques

Hondo River Settlement (Trinidad) / Kofi Agorsah and Brinsley Samaroo

Hospitals and Leprosaria in the Colonial Caribbean / Joanna K. Gilmore

I. The Institute of Jamaica / Andrea Richards

The International Association for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA) / Basil A. Reid and Alissandra Cummins

The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) / Alissandra Cummins

The International Council of Museums (ICOM) / Alissandra Cummins

The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) / Alissandra Cummins

Island-Carib / Basil A. Reid

J. The Jamaica National Heritage Trust / Andrea Richards

Jamaica (Prehistory of) / Lesley-Gail Atkinson, Basil A. Reid, and Alexandra Sajo

The Jodensavanne and Cassipora Cemetery (Suriname) / Harrold Sijlbing

K. Kabakaburi and Wyva Creek Shell Mounds (Northwest Guyana) / Mark G. Plew

Kalinago Descendants of St. Vincent and the Grenadines / Kathy Martin

The Kalinago Territory (Dominica) / Lennox Honychurch

Kirby, I. A. Earle (1921-2005) / Kathy Martin

L. La Brea Pitch Lake (Trinidad) / Alexandra Sajo, Onika Mandela, and Basil A. Reid

La Isabela (Dominican Republic) / Jose G. Guerrero

Lapidary Trade / Basil A. Reid

La Reconnaissance Site (Trinidad) / Neal H. Lopinot and Marcie L. Venter

Loyola (French Guiana) / Anne-Marie Faucher and Allison Bain

Luna Calderon, Fernando (1945-2005) / Clenis Tav rez Maria

M. Magens House Compound, Kongens Quarters (Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas) / Douglas V. Armstrong

The Magnificent Seven Mansions (Port of Spain, Trinidad) / Rudylynn De Four Roberts

The Maroons / Cheryl White

Martinique / Benoit Berard, Ryan Espersen, and Cheryl White

Matapi / Lesley-Gail Atkinson

The Meillacan Ostionoid Subseries / L. Antonio Curet

Mines / R. Grant Gilmore III

Montserrat / John F. Cherry and Krysta Ryzewski

Morban Laucer, Fernando (1921-2007) / Clenis Tav rez Maria

Museo del Hombre Dominicano / Clenis Tav rez Maria

The Museum of Antigua and Barbuda / Reg Murphy

The Museums Association of the Caribbean (MAC) / Alissandra Cummins

N. The Nanny Town Maroons of Jamaica / Cheryl White

The National Archaeological Anthropological Memory Management Foundation (NAAM) / Ieteke Witteveen

The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago / Basil A. Reid

Nevis / Marco Meniketti

Newton Burial Ground (Barbados) / Kevin Farmer

Nicholson, D. V. (1925-2006) / Reg Murphy

Nidhe Israel Synagogue and Mikvah (Barbados) / Alissandra Cummins

O. Origins of Indigenous Groups in the Greater Antilles / L. Antonio Curet and Basil A. Reid

The Ortoiroid / Basil A. Reid and Richard T. Callaghan

The Ostionan Ostionoid Subseries / L. Antonio Curet

The Ostionoid / Basil A. Reid and Richard T. Callaghan

P. Pag n Perdomo, Dato (1921-2/ ) / Clenis Tav rez Maria

Paleodemography / L. Antonio Curet

The Palmettan Ostionoid Series / Jeffrey P. Blick, Emma K. Bate, and Charlene Dixon Hutcheson

Palo Seco (Trinidad) / Alexandra Sajo

The Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale University) / Roger H. Colten

Petersen, James B. (1954-2005) / John G. Crock

Plazas and Bateys / Joshua M. Torres and Samuel M. Wilson

Port Antonio (Jamaica) / Elizabeth Pigou-Dennis

Port Royal (Jamaica) / R. Grant Gilmore III and Basil A. Reid

Puerto Real (Haiti) / Gifford J. Waters

R. Rainey, Froelich G. (1907-1992) / Gifford J. Waters

Rescue Archaeology / Quetta Kaye

Rock Art / Michele H. Hayward and Michael A. Cinquino

Roth, Vincent (1889-1967) / Mark G. Plew and Jennifer Wishart

Roth, Walter E. (1861-1933) / Mark G. Plew and Jennifer Wishart

Rouse, Benjamin Irving (1913-2006) / Basil A. Reid and Roger H. Colten

Rum / Frederick H. Smith

S. Saba / Corinne L. Hofman and Menno L. P. Hoogland

Saint Lucia / Corinne L. Hofman

Saint Lucia Archaeological and Historical Society (SLAHS) / Winston F. Phulgence

The Saladoid / Corinne L. Hofman and Basil A. Reid

The Santa Rosa Carib Community, or Santa Rosa First People?s Community (Trinidad) / Tracy Assing

Seafaring Simulations / Richard T. Callaghan

The Seville Sugar Plantation (British Colonial Jamaica) / Douglas V. Armstrong

Sint Maarten (Former Netherlands Antilles) / Jay B. Haviser

Sint Maarten Archaeological Center (SIMARC) / Jay B. Haviser

Sint Maarten National Heritage Foundation / Jay B. Haviser

Sloane, Sir Hans (1660-1753) / James Robertson

Spanish Colonial Ceramic Types / R. Grant Gilmore III

Spanish Town (Jamaica) / James Robertson

St. Eustatius / R. Grant Gilmore III

St. Eustatius Center for Archaeological Research (SECAR) / R. Grant Gilmore III

The St. Eustatius Historical Foundation / Joanna K. Gilmore

St. John Site (Trinidad) / Basil A. Reid

St. Vincent / Richard T. Callaghan

Strombus gigas (Queen Conch) / Peter L. Drewett

The Suazan Troumassoid (Suazey) / Mark C. Donop

T. Taino Museum at White Marl (Jamaica) / Lesley-Gail Atkinson

Taino Settlement Ethnohistory / Jeremiah Kaplan and R. Grant Gilmore III

Trinidad and Tobago / Arie Boomert

The Troumassan Troumassoid / Corinne L. Hofman and Basil A. Reid

U. Underwater Archaeology / Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton and Della A. Scott-Ireton

V. The Virgin Islands / Brian D. Bates

W. Willemstad (Curacao) / Gertrudis J. M. Gehlen

Williams, Denis (1923-1998) / Jennifer Wishart and Mark G. Plew Z. Zemies (Cemis) / Alexandra Sajo and Peter E. Siegel.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-4853-2

OCLC:

870897174