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Beginning with Frank Hamilton Cushing's famous excavations at Key
Marco in 1896, a large and diverse collection of animal carvings,
dugout canoes, and other wooden objects has been uncovered from
Florida's watery landscapes. Iconography and Wetsite Archaeology of
Florida's Watery Realms explores new discoveries and reexamines
existing artifacts to reveal the influential role of water in the
daily lives of Florida's early inhabitants. Among other topics,
contributors compare anthropomorphic wooden carvings such as the
Key Marco cat statuette to figures found elsewhere in the
Southeast. They use ethnographic data to argue that Newnans Lake
was once an intersection between major watersheds and that the more
than 100 canoes unearthed there likely facilitated travel
throughout the peninsula. Other sites discussed include Fort
Center, Chassahowitzka Springs, Weedon Island Preserve, Pineland,
and Hontoon Island. Essays address the challenges of excavating and
preserving perishable artifacts from waterlogged sites, especially
those in saltwater environments, and highlight the value of
revisiting museum collections to ask new questions and employ new
analytical techniques. This volume demonstrates that, despite the
difficulties faced by archaeologists working with saturated
deposits, these sites are vital for understanding Florida's
prehistory. A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History:
Ripley P. Bullen Series
Examines the largely unexplored topics in Caribbean archaeology of
looting of heritage sites, fraudulent artifacts, and illicit trade
of archaeological materials Real, Recent, or Replica:
PrecolumbianCaribbean Heritage as Art, Commodity, and Inspiration
is the first book-length study of its kind to highlight the
increasing commodification of Caribbean Precolumbian heritage.
Amerindian art, including 'TaIno' art, has become highly coveted by
collectors, spurring a prolific and increasingly sophisticated
black market of forgeries, but also contemporary artistic
engagement, openly appreciated as modern artworks taking
inspiration from the past. The contributors to this volume contend
with difficult subject matter including the continued looting of
archaeological sites in the region, the seismic increase of
forgeries, and the imbalance of power and economic relations
between the producers and consumers of neo-Amerindian art. The case
studies document the considerable time depth of forgeries in the
region (since the late nineteenth century), address the policies
put in place by Caribbean governments and institutions to safeguard
national patrimony, and explore the impact looted and forged
artefacts have on how museums and institutions collect and
ultimately represent the Caribbean past to their audiences.
Overall, the volume emphasizes the continued desire for the
'authentic' Precolumbian artifact, no matter the cost. It provides
insights for archaeologists, museum professionals, art historians,
and collectors to combat illegal trade and support communities in
creating sustainable heritage industries.
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