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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452127903321

Titolo

Dialogues in Cuban archaeology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by L. Antonio Curet, Shannon Lee Dawdy, and Gabino La Rosa Corzo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8173-8085-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CuretL. Antonio <1960->

DawdyShannon Lee <1967->

La Rosa CorzoGabino

Disciplina

972.91/00497/0729

Soggetti

Indians of the West Indies - Cuba - Antiquities

Excavations (Archaeology) - Cuba

Electronic books.

Cuba Antiquities Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented at a symposium held at the 2002 Society for American Archaeology 67th Annual Meeting held in Denver, Colorado.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-228) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; PART I. HISTORY OF CUBAN ARCHAEOLOGY; 2. Three Stages in the History of Cuban Archaeology; 3. The Organization of Cuban Archaeology: Context and Brief History; 4. Historical Archaeology in Cuba; 5. Cave Encounters: Rock Art Research in Cuba; PART II. SUBSTANTIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH; 6. Approaches to Early Ceramics in the Caribbean: Between Diversity and Unilineality; 7. El Chorro de Maíta: Social Inequality and Mortuary Space

8. Mythical Expressions in the Ceramic Art of Agricultural Groups in the Prehistoric Antilles9. Subsistence of Cimarrones: An Archaeological Study; 10. An Archaeological Study of Slavery at a Cuban Coffee Plantation; 11. Afterword; References Cited; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Provides a politically and historically informed review of Cuban archaeology, from both American and Cuban perspectives.   Many Americans are aware of the political, economic, and personal impacts of the U.S. embargo on Cuba. But the communication blockade between scholars has also affected the historical course of academic disciplines



and research in general. With the easing of restrictions in the 1990's, academics are now freer to conduct research in Cuba, and the Cuban government has been more receptive to collaborative projects.  This volume provides a for