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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791967003321

Titolo

Beyond the blockade [[electronic resource] ] : 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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8173-8492-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Collana

Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory

Altri autori (Persone)

KepecsSusan <1946->

CuretL. Antonio <1960->

La Rosa CorzoGabino

Disciplina

972.91/01

Soggetti

Archaeology - Research - Cuba

Excavations (Archaeology) - Cuba

Ethnoarchaeology - Cuba

Archaeology and history - Cuba

Archaeology and history - Florida

Heritage tourism - Cuba

Cuba Antiquities

Cuba History

Cuba Relations Florida

Florida Relations Cuba

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : new currents in Cuban archaeology / Susan Kepecs and L. Antonio Curet -- Prologue : homage to Dr. Betty Meggers / Lourdes Domínguez -- Cuba and Florida : entwined histories of historical archaeologies / Kathleen Deagan -- La Loma del Convento : its centrality to current issues in Cuban archaeology / Vernon James Knight, Jr. -- New early tradition stone tool industries in Cuba / Lorenzo Morales Santos -- Investigations at Laguna de Limones : suggestions for a change in the theoretical direction of Cuban archaeology / Daniel Torres Etayo -- Recent archaeological fieldwork



from the region around Los Buchillones : an indigenous site on the north-central Cuban coast / Jago Cooper, Roberto Valcarcel Rojas, and Jorge Calvera -- 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 -- The archaeology of escaped slaves : utensils for resistance / Gabino La Rosa Corzo -- Built patrimony and historical archaeology : problematic relations in working with the past / Iosvany Hernández Mora.

Sommario/riassunto

This innovative volume builds on dialogues opened in recent years between Cuban archaeologists, whose work has long been carried out behind closed doors, and their international colleagues.  The chapters included herein span a wide range of subjects across the full chronological spectrum.  Most were written by emerging Cuban professionals who are breaking new ground; a few were penned by long-time leaders in the field.     Issues addressed by the 17 contributors represented in thi