Ancient Borinquen: Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Native Puerto Rico

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CONTENTS List of Illustrations ix Preface xv 1 The Crab-Shell Dichotomy Revisited: The Lithics Speak Out Reniel Rodríguez Ramos 1 2 The Paso del Indio Site, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico: A Progress Report Jeff Walker 55 3 Environmental and Cultural Correlates in the West Indies: A View from Puerto Rico Peter E. Siegel, John G. Jones, Deborah M. Pearsall, and Daniel P . Wagner 88 4 The Status of Paleoethnobiological Research on Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands Susan D. deFrance and Lee A. Newsom 122 5 Ceramic-Age Dietary Patterns in Puerto Rico: Stable Isotopes and Island Biogeography Anne V. Stokes 185 6 Deconstructing the Polity: Communities and Social Landscapes of the Ceramic-Age Peoples of South Central Puerto Rico Joshua M. Torres 202 7 The Proto-Taíno Monumental Cemís of Caguana: A Political-Religious “Manifesto” José R. Oliver 230 8 Rivers of Stone, Rivers within Stone: Rock Art in Ancient Puerto Rico Peter G. Roe 285 9 The Aftermath of Conquest: The Indians of Puerto Rico during the Early Sixteenth Century Karen F. Anderson-Córdova 337 10 Multiple Visions of an Island’s Past and Some Thoughts for Future Directions in Puerto Rican Prehistory Peter E. Siegel 353 References Cited 365 Contributors 415 Index 419 viii / Contents ...