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1 online resource (309 pages) |
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Introduction and research objectives; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Social complexity in the Caribbean: current state of affairs; 1.3. Proxies for social complexity in the Caribbean; Settlement structure; Site patterns, carrying capacity and settlement hierarchies; Exchange of prestige goods or non-local goods and crafting; Final remarks on archaeological proxies for social complexity in the Caribbean; 1.4. Research problem; 1.5. Ceramic (decorative) traits and site patterns: an archaeological approach to social networks and complexity; Ceramic style and communication; From theory to approach |
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A multi-scalar approach1.6. Data collection and fieldwork methodology; Study of ceramic collections (photography/inventory); Literature study; Survey campaigns; Site visits; the windward islands study area: towards a windward islandscape; 2.1. Island archaeology and islandscapes; 2.2. Defining the Windward Islands; 2.3. Towards a Windward Islandscape: the natural setting; 2.3.1. Geography and geology of the southern Lesser Antilles; 2.3.2. Palaeo-environment and palaeo-climate; 2.4. Towards a Windward Islandscape: an archaeological perspective; First inhabitants |
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Early Ceramic Age society (400 BC -- AD 700)Early phase Late Ceramic Age society (AD 700-1000); Late phase Late Ceramic Age society (AD 1000-1500); 2.5. Towards a Windward Islandscape: an (ethno)historical perspective; First European impressions of the "New World"; First reports of the Windward Islands and European settlement; Colonial period in the Windward Islands; The Windward Islands today; 2.6. Concluding remarks; site distribution and ceramic assemblages in the windward islands: current state of affairs; 3.1. Site pattern archaeology and the Windward Islands |
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3.2. Ceramic classification and the Windward Islands3.2.1. Irving Rouse and the modal approach; 3.2.2. Ripley and Adelaide Bullen and the type-variety approach; 3.2.3. Jacques and Henri Petitjean Roget and the horizons approach; 3.2.4. Resolution; 3.3. Windward Islands typo-chronology; Saladoid series; Troumassoid series: Troumassan Troumassoid; Troumassoid series: Suazan Troumassoid; Cayo; 3.4. Windward Islands archaeology: current state of affairs; 3.4.1. Grenada; 3.4.2. The Grenadines; 3.4.3. St. Vincent; 3.4.4. St. Lucia; 3.4.5. Martinique; 3.4.6. Dominica; 3.4.7. Barbados |
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3.5. Concluding remarkswindward islands recalibrated settlement sequence and ceramic age settlement system; 4.1. Windward Islands (sequence of) settlement, recalibrated; Early Ceramic Age; Late Ceramic Age; Discussion; 4.2. Windward Island site patterns: an analysis; Site classification; Site periodisation; Settlement location; 4.3. Windward Island settlement system: an interpretation; 4.3.1. Settlement territories; 4.3.2. Settlement pairs; 4.3.3. Shifting settlement patterns; 4.3.4. Settlement/use of Windward Island islets |
| Summary |
This study represents a contribution to the pre-Colonial archaeology of the Windward Islands in the Caribbean. The research aimed to determine how the Ceramic Age (c. 400 BC - AD 1492) Amerindian inhabitants of the region related to one another and others at various geographic scales, with a view to better understanding social interaction and organisation within the Windward Islands as well the integration of this region within the macro-region. This research approached the study of intra- and inter-island interaction and social development through an island-by-island study of some 640 archaeo |
| Notes |
4.4. Windward Island settlement system: an (ethno)historical perspective |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-290) |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Indians of the West Indies -- Windward Islands (West Indies) -- Antiquities
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Indians of the West Indies -- Antiquities
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| SUBJECT |
Windward Islands (West Indies) -- History
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| Subject |
Windward Islands
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012371341 |
| ISBN |
9789088901249 |
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9088901244 |
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1299281915 |
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9781299281912 |
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