"A survey of the current state of study of indigenous Caribbean
people by archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists. . . .
Emphasizes that even though indigenous people were the victims of
genocide, they helped to establish a persistent pattern of
relations between other Caribbean settlers and their environment,
and became central symbols of Caribbean identity and resistance to
colonialism. . . . Strongly recommended for every library concerned
with Caribbean and native American studies."-"Choice" "An excellent
introduction to native peoples of the Caribbean region. . . . Will
be useful to anthropologists, historians, and other social
scientists working in the Caribbean."--Jerald T. Milanich, Florida
Museum of Natural History This volume brings together nineteen
Caribbean specialists to produce the first general introduction to
the indigenous peoples of that region. Writing for both general and
academic audiences, contributors provide an authoritative,
up-to-date picture of these fascinating peoples--their social
organization, religion, language, lifeways, and contribution to the
culture of their modern descendants--in what is ultimately a
comprehensive reader on Caribbean archaeology, ethnohistory, and
ethnology. CONTENTS 1. Introduction, Samuel M. Wilson Part 1:
Background to the Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Caribbean 2.
The Study of Aboriginal Peoples: Multiple Ways of Knowing, Ricardo
Alegria 3. The Lesser Antilles Before Columbus, Louis Allaire Part
2: The Encounter 4. The Biological Impacts of 1492, Richard L.
Cunningham 5. The Salt River Site, St. Croix, at the Time of the
Encounter, Birgit Faber Morse 6. European Views of the Aboriginal
Population, Alissandra Cummins Part 3: The First Migration of
Village Farmers, 500 B.C. to A.D. 800 7. Settlement Strategies in
the Early Ceramic Age, Jay B. Haviser 8. The Ceramics, Art, and
Material Culture of the Early Ceramic Period in the Caribbean
Islands, Elizabeth Righter 9. Religious Beliefs of the Saladoid
People, Miguel Rodriguez 10. Maritime Trade in the Prehistoric
Eastern Caribbean, David R. Watters 11. Notes on Ancient Caribbean
Art and Mythology, Henry Petitjean Roget Part 4: The Taino of the
Greater Antilles on the Eve of Conquest 12. "No Man (or Woman) Is
an Island" Elements of Taino Social Organization, William F. Keegan
13. Taino, Island Carib, and Prehistoric Amerindian Economies in
the West Indies: Tropical Forest Adaptations to Island
Environments, James B. Petersen 14. The Material Culture of the
Taino Indians, Ignacio Olazagasti 15. The Taino Cosmos, Jose R.
Oliver 16. Some Observations on the Taino Language, Arnold R.
Highfield 17. The Taino Vision: A Study in the Exchange of
Misunderstanding, Henry Petitjean Roget Part 5: The Island Caribs
of the Lesser Antilles 18. The Caribs of the Lesser Antilles, Louis
Allaire 19. Language and Gender among the Kalinago of 15th Century
St. Croix, Vincent O. Cooper Part 6: Indigenous Resistance and
Survival 20. The Garifuna of Central America, Nancie L. Gonzalez
21. The Legacy of the Indigenous People of the Caribbean, Samuel M.
Wilson 22. Five Hundred Years of Indigenous Resistance, Garnette
Joseph Samuel M. Wilson is associate professor of anthropology at
the University of Texas, Austin. He is author of "Hispaniola:
Caribbean Chiefdoms in the Age of Columbus "(1990), coeditor of
"Ethnohistory and Archaeology: Approaches to Postcontact Change in
the Americas" (1993), and a contributing editor and columnist for"
Natural History" magazine.
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