Rethinking Puerto Rican Precolonial History

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Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory L. Antonio Curet, Series Editor Rethinking Puerto Rican Precolonial History Reniel Rodríguez Ramos The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa Copyright © 2010 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-­ 0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Typeface: Minion ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-­ Permanence of Paper for Printed Library­Materials, ANSI Z39.48-­ 1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rodriguez Ramos, Reniel. Rethinking Puerto Rican precolonial history / Reniel Rodriguez Ramos. p. cm. — (Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8173-1702-7 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8173-5609-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8173-8327-5 (electronic) 1. Indians of the West Indies—Puerto Rico—­ Antiquities. 2. Indians of the West Indies—Antiquities. 3. Puerto Rico—Antiquities. 4. West­Indies—Antiquities. 5. Archaeology and history—Puerto Rico. I. Title. F1969.R65 2010 972.95′01—dc22 2009049568 Cover: Cueva Ventana, Puerto Rico. Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments xi 1. Introduction 1 2. Culture History: Toward a Revamped Perspective 12 3. The Method, the Sample, the Contexts 27 4. Discovery of Puerto Rico and the Lifeways of Its Earliest Inhabitants 50 5. Coming, Going, and Interacting: An Alternative Perspective on the “La Hueca Problem” 88 6. Horizontal Diversification in Puerto Rico: The Forging of New Identities 145 7. The Intensification of Regional Political Integration 187 8. Putting It All Together 210 References Cited 223 Index 265 ...