Beyond the Blockade: New Currents in Cuban Archaeology

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CARIBBEAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOHISTORY L. Antonio Curet, Series Editor Beyond the Blockade New Currents in Cuban Archaeology Edited by SUSAN KEPECS, L. ANTONIO CURET, and GABINO LA ROSA CORZO Chapters by Cuban authors translated from Spanish by SUSAN KEPECS 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 g The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Beyond the blockade : new currents in Cuban archaeology / edited by Susan Kepecs, L. Antonio Curet, and Gabino La Rosa Corzo ; chapters by Cuban authors translated from Spanish by Susan Kepecs. p. cm. — (Caribbean archaeology and ehnohistory) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8173-1720-1 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8173-5633-0 (paper : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8173-8492-0 (electronic) 1. Cuba—Antiquities. 2. Archaeology— Research—Cuba. 3. Excavations (Archaeology)—Cuba. 4. Ethnoarchaeology—Cuba. 5. Archaeology and history—Cuba. 6. Archaeology and history—Florida. 7. Cuba— Relations—Florida. 8. Florida—Relations—Cuba. 9. Historic conservation—Cuba. 10. Heritage tourism—Cuba. I. Kepecs, Susan, 1946–II. Curet, L. Antonio, 1960–III. La Rosa Corzo, Gabino. F1769.B49 2010 972.91d01—dc22 2010017775 Contents List of Illustrations vii 1. Introduction: New Currents in Cuban Archaeology Susan Kepecs and L. Antonio Curet 1 2. Prologue: Homage to Dr. Betty Meggers Lourdes Domínguez 13 3. Cuba and Florida: Entwined Histories of Historical Archaeologies Kathleen Deagan 16 4. La Loma del Convento: Its Centrality to Current Issues in Cuban Archaeology Vernon James Knight Jr. 26 5. New Early Tradition Stone Tool Industries in Cuba Lorenzo Morales Santos 47 6. Investigations at Laguna de Limones: Suggestions for a Change in the Theoretical Direction of Cuban Archaeology Daniel Torres Etayo 70 7. Recent Archaeological Fieldwork from the Region around Los Buchillones: An Indigenous Site on the North-Central Cuban Coast Jago Cooper, Roberto Valcárcel Rojas, and Jorge Calvera 89 8. Turey Treasure in the Caribbean: Brass and Indo-Hispanic Contact at El Chorro de Maíta, Cuba Roberto Valcárcel Rojas, Marcos Martinón-Torres, Jago Cooper, and Thilo Rehren 106 vi / Contents 9. The Archaeology of Escaped Slaves: Utensils for Resistance Gabino La Rosa Corzo 126 10. Built Patrimony and Historical Archaeology: Problematic Relations in Working with the Past Iosvany Hernández Mora 143 References Cited 163 Contributors 189 Index 193 Illustrations Figures 1.1. The editors present a plaque to Dr. Betty Meggers at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in San Juan 4 2.1. Dr. Lourdes Domínguez with Dr. Betty Meggers at the Smithsonian Institution 14 3.1. The “Daytona Conference” group in 1948 19 3.2. The University of Florida research team arriving at José Martí Airport, Havana, 1983 22 4.1. Agroalfarero sites in the Jagua Bay area 28 4.2. Map of middens at La Loma del Convento 30 4.3. Ford diagrams of pottery, La Loma del Convento 34 4.4. Bronze navigator’s compass, La Loma del Convento 35 4.5. Cuban-Soviet excavation of 1986–87, showing Structures 1 and 2 36 4.6. Location of Las Casas’s Canarreo, Loma del Convento 41 5.1. Map of the principal regions in Cuba with evidence of Cuba’s early stone tool tradition 49 5.2. Map with principal locations of early tradition sites in northwest Villa Clara 51 5.3. Cluster analysis: dendograms showing early tradition tool groups in northwest Villa Clara 56 ...