02679nam 22006014a 450 991045477370332120200520144314.00-8173-8255-0(CKB)1000000000774897(EBL)454501(OCoLC)614597941(SSID)ssj0000226325(PQKBManifestationID)11197786(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226325(PQKBWorkID)10258364(PQKB)10799241(MiAaPQ)EBC454501(MdBmJHUP)muse8938(Au-PeEL)EBL454501(CaPaEBR)ebr10309861(EXLCZ)99100000000077489720070720d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPre-Columbian Jamaica[electronic resource] /P. Allsworth-JonesTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20081 online resource (337 p.)Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistoryDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-5466-2 0-8173-1596-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-307) and index.Introduction -- History of investigation -- General frameworks for Caribbean prehistory -- Environment, fauna, and flora -- Nature of the collection -- Mapping the sites -- Cultural variants -- Petroglyphs and pictographs -- Excavated sites and fauna -- Burials and human remains -- Conclusion.Much of Jamaican prehistoric research-like that in the rest of the Caribbean basin-has been guided by at least a subconscious attempt to allow prehistoric native peoples to find their places within the charts established by Irving Rouse, who guided Caribbean research for much of the last half-century. The pre-Columbian peoples of Jamaica, and not merely their material culture, are beginning to take form, revealing their lifestyles and rituals, and taking their rightful place among the cultures of the New World. Pre-Columbian Jamaica represents the first subsCaribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.Indians of the West IndiesJamaicaExcavations (Archaeology)JamaicaJamaicaAntiquitiesElectronic books.Indians of the West IndiesExcavations (Archaeology)972.9201Allsworth-Jones P(Philip)1053372MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454773703321Pre-Columbian Jamaica2485242UNINA