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In the first book-length treatise on historical ecology of the West
Indies, Island Historical Ecology addresses Caribbean island
ecologies from the perspective of social and cultural interventions
over approximately eight millennia of human occupations.
Environmental coring carried out in carefully selected wetlands
allowed for the reconstruction of pre-colonial and colonial
landscapes on islands between Venezuela and Puerto Rico.
Comparisons with well-documented patterns in the Mediterranean and
Pacific islands place this case study into a larger context of
island historical ecology.
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.
Papers from a symposium at the SAA meeting at Phoenix, Arizona in
1988. Here published under the auspices of the Centro de
Investigaciones Indigenas de Puerto Rico. They are grouped as
follows: Regional Settlement Patterns and Subsistence Adaptations
(7); Volcanism and Archaeology (1); Site Structure and Community
Organization (2); Ceramic Style, Population Movement, and
Interaction (3); and a concluding Commentary.
This is a book on Native American cultures of Puerto Rico prior to,
and shortly after, the arrival of the Spanish in 1493. A book on
the prehistory of a modern geopolitical entity is artificial. It is
unlikely that prehistoric occupants recognized the same boundaries
and responded to the same political forces that operated in the
formation of current nations, states, or cities. Yet,
archaeologists traditionally have produced such volumes and they
generally represent anchors for ongoing research in a specific
region, in this case the island of Puerto Rico, its immediate
neighbors, and the wider Caribbean basin. To varying degrees, this
work addresses issues and draws data from beyond the boundaries of
Puerto Rico because in pre-Columbian times the water between
islands likely was not viewed as a boundary in our modern sense of
the term. The last few decades have witnessed a growth of intense
archaeological research on the island, from material culture in the
form of lithics, ceramics, and rock art; to nutritional,
architecture, and environmental studies; to rituals and social
patterns; to the aftermath of Conquest. ""Ancient Borinquen""
provides a comprehensive overview of recent thinking, new data,
syntheses, and insights into current Puerto Rican archaeology, and
it reflects and illuminates similar concerns elsewhere in the West
Indies, lowland South America, and Central America.
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