The Archaeology of the Caribbean is a comprehensive synthesis of Caribbean prehistory from the earliest settlement by humans more than 4000 years BC, to the time of European conquest of the islands, from the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries. Samuel Wilson reviews the evidence for migration and cultural change throughout the archipelago, dealing in particular with periods of cultural interaction when groups with different cultures and histories were in contact.
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"Wilson does a masterful job of bringing [new studies and perspectives] together to revise prevailing notions of cultural development...This book is a significant contribution for those interested in island archaeology, archaeologists who work throughout the Americas, and Caribbeanists in particular."
Journal of Anthropological Research, William F. Keegan, Florida Museum of Natural History
Journal of Anthropological Research, William F. Keegan, Florida Museum of Natural History
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The Archaeology of the Caribbean is a comprehensive synthesis of Caribbean prehistory from the earliest settlement by humans more than 4000 years BC, to the time of European conquest of the islands, from the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries.
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Comprehensive summary of recent thinking in the field by one it's leading lights. Considering that it is Cambridge imprint, the editing is shockingly poor. It is littered with misspellings, and missing and extra words, and in desparate need of better maps. Otherwise, it is the book to read.
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a fresh review of Caribbean early history,
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[[ASIN:0521626226 The Archaeology of the Caribbean (Cambridge World Archaeology)Sam Wilson's new book is a refreshing review of the early history of the Caribbean. Long awaited by both archaeologists and ethnohistorians, locals as well as non locals. The work does justice to many interpretations long held back in the dark by traditionalists and conservatives. The region has always managed to resist single minded interpretations of its human experience and Wilson's updates and insights will be well received.
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Comprehensive and brief, but the editing needs some work,
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This book is slender (180 small pages of text, with illustrations) but it manages to present up-to-date research on Caribbean archaeology comprehensively. The "pluralist" approach is interesting and consistent, and the descriptions of ecological adaptation are good. There is an invitation to a more radical approach to the Taínos (some paragraphs -- pages 142, 144, and 174, for instance -- do come out and say that the tag "Taínos" may be mistakenly merging different cultures under a false identity). However, the invitation is curiously tempered by several pages on Taíno society and repeated references to the Taíno. Something similar happens with the Island Caribs (page 148). On a side note, the book is full of typos and other mistakes (wrong references to figures, the fifth of seven chapters starts by saying it is the "final" chapter). I counted more than 15 of such errata, and for such a small book, and published by the excellent CUP, it came as a surprise.
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