Ancient Borinquen archaeology and ethnohistory of native Puerto Rico (University of Alabama Press, 2005)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-414) and index
The crab-shell dichotomy revisited : the lithics speak out / Reniel Rodríguez Ramos -- The Paso del Indio Site, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico : a progress report / Jeff Walker -- Environmental and cultural correlates in the West Indies : a view from Puerto Rico / Peter E. Siegel [and others] -- The status of paleoethnobiological research on Puerto Rico and adjacent islands / Susan D. deFrance and Lee A. Newsom -- Ceramic-age dietary patterns in Puerto Rico : stable isotopes and island biogeography / Anne V. Stokes -- Deconstructing the polity : communities and social landscapes of the ceramic-age peoples of South Central Puerto Rico / Joshua M. Torres -- The proto-Taíno monumental Cemís of Caguana : a political-religious "manifesto" / José R. Oliver -- Rivers of stone, rivers within stone : rock art in ancient Puerto Rico / Peter G. Roe -- The aftermath of conquest : the Indians of Puerto Rico during the early sixteenth century / Karen F. Anderson-Córdova -- Multiple visions of an island's past and some thoughts for future directions in Puerto Rican prehistory / Peter E. Siegel
Native American cultures of Puerto Rico prior to the arrival of the Spanish in 1493.A book on the prehistory of a modern geopolitical entity is artificial. It is unlikely that prehistoric occupants recognized the same boundaries and responded to the same political forces that operated in the formation of current nations, states, or cities. Yet, archaeologists traditionally have produced such volumes and they generally represent anchors for ongoing research in a specific region, in this case the island of Puerto Rico, its immediate neighbors, and the wider Caribbean basin. To varying degrees, t