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Author : Marshall Bassford McKusick
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (445 download)
Download or read book Aboriginal Canoes in the West Indies written by Marshall Bassford McKusick and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marshall B. MacKusick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Aboriginal Canoes in the West Indies written by Marshall B. MacKusick and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marshall B. McKusick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258091248
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Aboriginal Canoes in the West Indies written by Marshall B. McKusick and published by . This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yale University (New Haven, Conn.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (644 download)
Download or read book Papers in Caribbean anthropology written by Yale University (New Haven, Conn.) and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frederick Albion Ober
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Aborigines of the West Indies written by Frederick Albion Ober and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Johnstone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317762223
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)
Download or read book The Sea-Craft of Prehistory written by Paul Johnstone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nautical dimension of prehistory has not so far received the attention it deserves. It is also too often assumed that early man was land bound, yet this is demonstrably not the case. Recent research has shown that man travelled and tracked over greater distances and at a much earlier date than has previously been thought possible. Some of these facts can be explained only by man's mastery of water transport from earliest times. This book, by an acknowledged expert on prehistoric sea-craft, examines these problems looking at the new archaeological information in the light of the author's nautical knowledge. The result is a detailed account of man's use of inland and ocean-going craft from earliest times until the dawn of recorded history. All forms of evidence are critically assessed, from the vessels of Ancient Egypt to the Chinese junk, to present of comprehensive picture of the vessels men have built through the ages, and of the variety of ways in which they have been used.
Author : Nicholas J. Saunders
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1576077020
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)
Download or read book The Peoples of the Caribbean written by Nicholas J. Saunders and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-12-16 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true "first," this encyclopedia is the only comprehensive guide ever published on the archaeology and traditional culture of the Caribbean. In The Peoples of the Caribbean, archaeologist Nicholas J. Saunders assembles for the first time a comprehensive sourcebook on the archaeology, folklore, and mythology of the entire region, charting a story 7,000 years in the making. Drawing on decades of study in the Caribbean and South America, Saunders explores landmark archaeological sites, such as Caguana in Puerto Rico, with its ceremonial architecture and ballcourts, and plantation sites, such as Jamaica's Drax Hall. The author dives into the underwater archaeology of Spanish treasure galleons and untangles stories of cannibalism, zombies, and hallucinogenic snuffing rituals. He examines the impact of key Europeans, such as Christopher Columbus, and introduces readers to the native people, such as the Arawak, who welcomed them. Bringing the story up-to-date, Saunders chronicles the struggle of the indigenous people, from the Caribs of Dominica to the Taíno of the Dominican Republic, trying to reclaim and revitalize their historical cultural identity.
Author : Clinton R. Edwards
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Aboriginal Water-craft of Western South America: Distribution written by Clinton R. Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sued-Badillo, Jalil
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 923103832X
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book General History of the Caribbean written by Sued-Badillo, Jalil and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2003-12-31 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first in a six-volume publication which examines the history of the Caribbean, its people and landscape on a thematic basis. This volume covers the history of the origins of the earliest Caribbean peoples and analyses their various political, social, cultural and economic organisations over time, in and around the region. Topics covered include: ethnohistorical research; biogeographic teleconnections; the Palaeoindians in Cuba and surrounding regions; agricultural societies; indigenous societies at the time of the Spanish Conquest; the hierarchy of chiefdoms; and the development of slavery.
Author : S. K. Lothrop
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473355249
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (733 download)
Download or read book Aboriginal Navigation Off the West Coast of South America written by S. K. Lothrop and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author : William F. Keegan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190647353
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book The Caribbean before Columbus written by William F. Keegan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The islands of the Caribbean are remarkably diverse, environmentally and culturally. They range from low limestone islands barely above sea level to volcanic islands with mountainous peaks; from large islands to small cays; from islands with tropical rainforests to those with desert habitats. Today's inhabitants have equally diverse culture histories. The islands are home to a mosaic of indigenous communities and to the descendants of Spanish, French, Dutch, English, Swedish, Danish, Irish, African, East Indian, Chinese, Syrian, Seminole and other nationalities who settled there during historic times. The islands are now being homogenized, all to create a standard experience for the Caribbean tourist. There is a similar attempt to homogenize the Caribbean's pre-Columbian past. It was assumed that every new prehistoric culture had developed out of the culture that preceded it. We now know that far more complicated processes of migration, acculturation, and accommodation occurred. Furthermore, the overly simplistic distinction between the "peaceful Arawak" and the "cannibal Carib," which forms the structure for James Michener's Caribbean, still dominates popular notions of precolonial Caribbean societies. This book documents the diversity and complexity that existed in the Caribbean prior to the arrival of Europeans, and immediately thereafter. The diversity results from different origins, different histories, different contacts between the islands and the mainland, different environmental conditions, and shifting social alliances. Organized chronologically, from the arrival of the first humans-the paleo-Indians-in the sixth millennium BC to early contact with Europeans, The Caribbean before Columbus presents a new history of the region based on the latest archaeological evidence. The authors also consider cultural developments on the surrounding mainland, since the islands' history is a story of mobility and exchange across the Caribbean Sea, and possibly the Gulf of Mexico and Florida Straits. The result is the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of the richly complex cultures who once inhabited the six archipelagoes of the Caribbean.
Author : Richard A. Gould
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139498169
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Archaeology and the Social History of Ships written by Richard A. Gould and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maritime archaeology deals with shipwrecks and is carried out by divers rather than diggers. It embraces maritime history and analyses changes in shipbuilding, navigation and seamanship and offers fresh perspectives on the cultures and societies that produced the ships and sailors. Drawing on detailed past and recent case studies, Richard A. Gould provides an up-to-date review of the field that includes dramatic new findings arising from improved undersea technologies. This second edition of Archaeology and the Social History of Ships has been updated throughout to reflect new findings and new interpretations of old sites. The new edition explores advances in undersea technology in archaeology, especially remotely operated vehicles. The book reviews many of the major recent shipwreck findings, including the Vasa in Stockholm, the Viking wrecks at Roskilde Fjord and the Titanic.
Author : Julian Granberry
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 081735123X
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles written by Julian Granberry and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2004-08-19 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A linguistic analysis supporting a new model of the colonization of the Antilles before 1492 This work formulates a testable hypothesis of the origins and migration patterns of the aboriginal peoples of the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico), the Lucayan Islands (the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the Crown Colony of the Turks and Caicos), the Virgin Islands, and the northernmost of the Leeward Islands, prior to European contact. Using archaeological data as corroboration, the authors synthesize evidence that has been available in scattered locales for more than 500 years but which has never before been correlated and critically examined. Within any well-defined geographical area (such as these islands), the linguistic expectation and norm is that people speaking the same or closely related language will intermarry, and, by participating in a common gene pool, will show similar socioeconomic and cultural traits, as well as common artifact preferences. From an archaeological perspective, the converse is deducible: artifact inventories of a well-defined sociogeographical area are likely to have been created by speakers of the same or closely related language or languages. Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles presents information based on these assumptions. The data is scant—scattered words and phrases in Spanish explorers' journals, local place names written on maps or in missionary records—but the collaboration of the authors, one a linguist and the other an archaeologist, has tied the linguistics to the ground wherever possible and allowed the construction of a framework with which to understand the relationships, movements, and settlement patterns of Caribbean peoples before Columbus arrived.
Author : Bonham C. Richardson
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807864080
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Igniting the Caribbean's Past written by Bonham C. Richardson and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2005-12-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike the earthquakes and hurricanes that have influenced Caribbean history, the region's fires have almost always been caused by humans. Geographer Bonham C. Richardson explores the effects of fire in the social and ecological history of the British Lesser Antilles, from the British Virgin Islands south to Trinidad. Focusing on the late nineteenth century, leading to the 1905 withdrawal of British military forces from the region, Richardson shows how fire-lit social upheavals served as forerunners of political independence movements. Drawing on Caribbean and London archives as well as years of fieldwork, Richardson examines how villagers used, modified, and contemplated fire in part to vent their frustrations with a savage economic depression and social and political inequities imposed from afar. He examines fire in all its forms, from protest torches to sugarcane fires that threatened the islands' economic staple. Richardson illuminates a neglected period in Caribbean history by showing how local uses of fire have been catalysts and even causes of important changes in the region.
Author : Patrick L. Baker
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773511347
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Centring the Periphery written by Patrick L. Baker and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1994 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrick Baker's post-modern approach uses ideas from chaos theory and world systems theory to interpret the prehistory and history of Dominica. During its prehistory Dominica served as an occasional stepping-stone for small-scale, independent foraging and horticultural peoples migrating up the Antillean arc to the larger islands in the north. Its discovery by Europeans brought it into a social and economic constellation that was constructed and orchestrated largely from the metropolitan centre. Centring the Periphery is the unfolding story of the struggle of the Dominican people to create and order a world that is controlled from outside.
Download or read book PAPERS IN CARIBBEAN ANTHROPOLOGY written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Michael Vlach
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820312339
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)
Download or read book The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts written by John Michael Vlach and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Included in the examples are works from the Charleston and Old Slave Mart museums and the ironwork of Philip Simmons.
