Pre-Columbian Jamaica / P. Allsworth-Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allsworth-Jones, P. (Philip)

Series:

Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.

Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of the West Indies--Jamaica.

Indians of the West Indies.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Jamaica.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Jamaica--Antiquities.

Jamaica.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Much of Jamaican prehistoric research-like that in the rest of the Caribbean basin-has been guided by at least a subconscious attempt to allow prehistoric native peoples to find their places within the charts established by Irving Rouse, who guided Caribbean research for much of the last half-century. The pre-Columbian peoples of Jamaica, and not merely their material culture, are beginning to take form, revealing their lifestyles and rituals, and taking their rightful place among the cultures of the New World. Pre-Columbian Jamaica represents the first subs

Contents:

Introduction

History of investigation

General frameworks for Caribbean prehistory

Environment, fauna, and flora

Nature of the collection

Mapping the sites

Cultural variants

Petroglyphs and pictographs

Excavated sites and fauna

Burials and human remains

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-307) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8255-0

OCLC:

614597941