Pre-Columbian Jamaica [[electronic resource] /] / P. Allsworth-Jones

• Autore: Allsworth-Jones P (Philip)
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 972.9201
• Soggetto topico: Indians of the West Indies - Jamaica; Excavations (Archaeology) - Jamaica
• Soggetto geografico: Jamaica Antiquities
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-307) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 subs
• Titolo autorizzato: Pre-Columbian Jamaica
• ISBN: 0-8173-8255-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778064503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.