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Author Curet, L. Antonio, 1960- author.

Title Caribbean paleodemography : population, culture history, and sociopolitical processes in ancient Puerto Rico / L. Antonio Curet
Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2005]
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Description 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Demography and ancient populations in the Caribbean -- Cultural and social history of ancient Puerto Rico -- Migration, colonization, and cultural change: an anthropological approach -- Ancient migrations in Puerto Rico: issues and possible explanations -- Intraisland population trends: regional analysis -- Population, carrying capacity, and population pressure: ancient demography of the Valley of Maunabo -- Paleodemography at the local level -- Conclusions: Paleodemography and Caribbean archaeology
Summary According to the European chronicles, at the time of contact, the Greater Antilles were inhabited by the Tainos or Arawak Indians, who were organized in hierarchical societies. Since its inception Carribean archaeology has used population as an important variable in explaining many social, political, and economic processes such as migration, changes in subsistence systems, and the development of institutionalized social stratification. In Caribbean Paleodemography, L. Antonio Curet argues that population has been used casually by Caribbean archaeologists and proposes more rigorous and promisin
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-268) and index
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Subject Indians of the West Indies -- Puerto Rico -- Antiquities
Indians of the West Indies -- Puerto Rico -- Population
Indians of the West Indies -- Puerto Rico -- Migrations
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Puerto Rico
Island archaeology -- Puerto Rico
Demographic archaeology -- Puerto Rico
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
Antiquities
Demographic archaeology
Excavations (Archaeology)
Indians of the West Indies -- Antiquities
Indians of the West Indies -- Population
Island archaeology
Archäologie
Paläodemographie
Indiens -- Porto Rico -- Antiquités.
Indiens -- Porto Rico -- Population.
Indiens -- Porto Rico -- Migrations.
Fouilles archéologiques -- Porto Rico.
Paléodémographie -- Porto Rico.
SUBJECT Puerto Rico -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108940
Subject Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Porto Rico -- Antiquités.
Puerto Rico.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780817383442
0817383441