Crossing the Borders: New Methods and Techniques in the Study of Archaeological Materials from the Caribbean

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Aceramic Age: peoples of, 195–197, 212; site of, 165 Anguilla, 11, 25–26, 28–31 Anse à la Gourde, 16, 17, 62, 64, 102, 107, 109– 113, 115–119, 122, 124, 185, 188, 199, 201, 210, 214–218, 223–225, 231 Antigua, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 25, 28, 43–51, 53–54, 57, 59, 61–64, 78–82, 88–89, 96, 104, 107 Antilles: Greater, 13–14, 17, 37, 145, 165, 169, 174, 176, 178, 184, 195–196, 212–213; islands of the 145, 166; Lesser, 7, 11, 13, 17, 32, 43–45, 54, 125–126, 169, 178–179, 184, 195–199, 212–214; Northern Lesser, 7, 15, 21, 44–46, 50, 62–64, 93, 96, 126; Southern Lesser, 11 Archaeometallurgical study, 4, 13, 15, 34, 41– 42, 227 Archaeometric technique, 4, 5, 12–15, 21, 23, 43, 61, 63 Archaic Age: in the Antilles, 93, 126–127, 154, 181, 183, 185, 209, 212, 229–230; in Puerto Rico, 140, 152–153; in Saba 16, 104, 125–126 Bahamas, 3, 6–7, 15, 69, 73, 77, 184, 195–196, 227–228, Basketry, 6–7, 69–70, 73–76, 107 Beads: artifacts, 7–8, 15, 37, 78–83, 85, 88; drilling of, 15, 79, 85, 89, 229; manufacture of, 7–9, 78, 89; metal, 37–38; production of, 8, 79. See also shell Bipolar: core, 95; percussion, 10, 94, technique, 94–97 Bottom, The, 25–31 Brass: European, 4, 38–42, 227, 229. See also turey Caona, 37–38, 40–41. See also gold Carbon isotopes: stable, 13, 185, 227, 230 Ceramic Age: in the Antilles, 9, 44, 61, 63, 93, 193; Early, 6–7, 12, 43, 96 183, 185; Late, 11, 183, 185, 192, 212, 216, 224; in Puerto Rico, 140; in Saba 24–25 Ceramic manufacture/production, 7, 11–12, 113 Chaîne opératoire, 5, 16, 92, 94, 97, 100. See also operative chain Characterization study, 46 Clay procurement, 15, 24 Coral tools, 4–5, 8, 16, 112–113, 115–118, 122– 124, 230 Cuba, 4–5, 15–16, 34–42, 153, 159–169, 189, 196– 212, 213, 229 Cueva de Los Muertos, 16, 138, 143, 146, 149 Debitage: lithic, 16, 91–92, 94, 96–97, 99, 139; wood, 194 Dental alginate mold, 15, 70–71, 73, 76 Dental morphology, 17, 197–198, 201, 212, 230 Diet, 1, 13–14, 108, 153, 161, 187, 215, 224–227, 231 Discriminant analysis, 60, 64 Index 292 / Index DNA: ancient, 1, 14, 191, 193, 213, 227; mitochondrial , 14 El Chorro de Maíta, 15, 34–35, 37–42, 199, 229 Elliot’s site, 80 Energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF), 36 Energy-dispersive spectrometer (EDS), 36 Ethnoarchaeology, 1, 10, 15, 21–24, 31–33 Ethnohistory, 3–6, 10, 34–40, 174–194, 197 Ethnotypology, 6 Exchange, 1, 4, 12, 33, 41, 44, 62–63, 114, 150, 212, 229 Experimental research, 1, 8, 10, 16, 21–26, 32, 76, 79–89, 92, 101–104, 107–108, 115–124, 129, 134–135, 162, 165, 192, 230 Fabric analysis, 6, 11, 21, 23, 25–27 Flake, 7, 43–51, 62, 92, 94–97, 105, 108, 126, 129, 134–136, 153, 165 Flint, 50, 58, 107, 113. See also chert Functional study, 1, 5, 9, 14–16, 102–114, 122, 143 Generative grammatical approach, 6 Geochemical analysis, 15, 21, 24–28, 43–65, 185, 214, 223–225 Gold, 4, 13, 34–42, 229. See also caona Gold/copper alloy, 13, 15, 36–41. See also guanín Guadeloupe, 14–17, 62, 91, 96, 99, 107–113, 115, 179, 185, 199, 214–225 Guanín, 13, 39–41. See also gold/copper alloy High Power approach, 9, 102–104, 114–117, 123 Hispaniola, 28, 40, 175, 196, 197, 228 Human migration, 14, 17, 195–213, 230 Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectroscopy (ICPAES), 12, 54 Kelbey’s Ridge, 25–31, 44, 62, 64 La Désirade, 43–46, 107, 216 Laguna de Limones, 153, 159–168 Leeward Islands, 11, 13, 196, Leroi-Gourhan, André, 5, 10, 91 Lithic: artifacts, 10, 16, 137–158, 165–167, 229; débitage, 16, 94; implements, 142, 146, 152– 154; material technology, 1, 4–7, 10–16, 90–100 Long Island, 25 Low Power approach, 9, 103–104, 108, 116, 123 Macambo II, 16, 153, 159–164, 166 Manufacturing: process, 1, 10–11, 150; techniques , 5, 9, 21, 26, 89; traces, 79–88 Metal, 4, 12–15, 34–42, 82, 227 Mobility, 1, 13, 214–225, 231 Morel, 16, 44...