Crossing the borders : new methods and techniques in the study of archaeological materials from the Caribbean

Körperschaft: Society for American Archaeology. Meeting
Weitere Verfasser: Gijn, Annelou L. van, 1954-
Hofman, Corinne Lisette, 1959-
Hoogland, Menno Lambertus Pieter, 1954-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2008.
Umfang/Format: xii, 293 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: West Indies
Online Zugang: Table of contents only
Contributor biographical information
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Crossing disciplinary boundaries and national borders : new methods and techniques in the study of archaeological materials from the Caribbean / Corinne L. Hofman, Menno L.P. Hoogland, and Annelou L. van Gijn
  • In tuneful threefold : combining conventional archaeological methods, archaeometric techniques, and ethnoarchaeological research in the study of precolonial pottery of the Caribbean / Corinne L. Hofman ... [et al.]
  • American gold and European brass : metal objects and indigenous values in the cemetery of El Chorro de Maíta, Cuba / Jago Cooper, Marcos Martinón-Torres, and Roberto Valcárcel Rojas
  • Chert sourcing in the northern Lesser Antilles : the use of geochemical techniques in discriminating chert materials / Sebastiaan Knippenberg and Johannes J.P. Zijlstra
  • A new material to view the past : dental alginate molds of friable artifacts / Charlene Dixon Hutcheson
  • ^Saladoid lapidary technology : new methods for investigating stone bead drilling techniques / Christy de Mille, Tamara Varney, and Michael Turney
  • Lithic technology : a way to more complex diversity in Caribbean archaeology / Benoît Bérard
  • Tool use and technological choices : an integral approach toward functional analysis of Caribbean tool assemblages / Annelou L. van Gijn, Yvonne Lammers-Keijsers, and Iris Briels
  • Understanding the function of coral tools from Anse à la Gourde : an experimental approach / Harold J. Kelly and Annelou L. van Gijn
  • The significance of wear and residue studies : an example from Plum Piece, Saba / Channah J. Nieuwenhuis
  • Starch residues on lithic artifacts from two contrasting contexts in northwestern Puerto Rico : Los Muertos Cave and Vega de Nelo Vargas farmstead / Jaime R. Pagán Jiménez and José R. Oliver
  • ^The burén in precolonial Cuban archaeology : new information regarding the use of plants and ceramic griddles during the late Ceramic Age of eastern Cuba gathered through starch analysis / Roberto Rodríguez Suárez and Jaime R. Pagán Jiménez
  • Caribbean paleoethnobotany : present status and new horizons (understanding the evolution of an indigenous ethnobotany) / Lee A. Newsom
  • New evidence of two different migratory waves in the circum-Caribbean area during the pre-Columbian period from the analysis of dental morphological traits / Alfredo Coppa ... [et al.]
  • Tracing human mobility with 87Sr/86Sr at Anse à la Gourde, Guadeloupe / Mathijs A. Booden ... [et al.]
  • Epilogue: The correct answer requires the right question (and the technology to back it up) / William F. Keegan.