Dialogues in Cuban archaeology (University of Alabama Press, 2005)
Originally presented at a symposium held at the 2002 Society for American Archaeology 67th Annual Meeting held in Denver, Colorado. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-228) and index
Three stages in the history of Cuban archaeology / Ramón Dacal Moure and David R. Watters -- The "organization" of Cuban archaeology : context and a brief history / Mary Jane Berman, Jorge Febles and Perry L. Gnivecki -- Historical archaeology in Cuba / Lourdes S. Domínguez -- Cave encounters : rock art research in Cuba / Marlene S. Linville -- Approaches to early ceramics in the Caribbean : between diversity and unilineality / Jorge Ulloa Hung -- El Chorro de Maíta : social inequality and mortuary space / Roberto Valcárcel Rojas and César A. Rodríguez Arce -- Mythical expressions in the ceramic art of agricultural groups in the prehistoric Antilles / Pedro Godo -- Subsistence of cimarrones : an archaeological study / Gabino La Rosa Corzo -- An archaeological study of slavery at a Cuban coffee plantation / Theresa A. Singleton -- Afterword / Samuel M. Wilson
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 1990s, academics are now freer to conduct research in Cuba, and the Cuban government has been more receptive to collaborative projects