Times of the Islands Fall 2020

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After conducting archaeological research here for more than 40 years, we have a lot of stories to share. We wrote the first set of essays knowing that many of you share our passion for the Islands and the often-fascinating stories of the natural world. Our trope was using Taíno words recorded by the Spanish to view the Islands, and all of their inhabitants, from a historic perspective. The problem is that surprisingly few Taíno words survive, and we eventually ran out of clever ideas for combining language and history. This time we have decided not to limit ourselves to the Taíno lexicon. Sometimes what you don’t say is more important than what you do say. For centuries, the native Caribbean was viewed only through the writings of the Spanish invaders. Yet archaeologists soon realized that the material evidence often did not match those depictions. In related studies of the enslaved Africans who were brought to the Americas, the field of Historical Archaeology seeks to give voice to those who left no written records—those described by historian Michael Craton as the “invisible man.” Language, biology and comparisons with living peoples provide important clues. However, it is the objects, features, stains, chemical signatures and the ways these are arranged in time and space that informs our detective work. These are the tools that allow archaeologists to write the past. We hope to make this an interactive column. We will not just report on research findings, but rather encourage you to become active participants in the research process. We have a number of new ideas. We want to know what you think, so please send us your thoughts by contacting Times of the Islands at timespub@tciway.tc. As so often happens in the Islands, our latest project began in the aftermath of Hurricane Joaquin, a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 150 MPH, which parked itself over Long Island (central Bahamas) for three days at the beginning of October 2015. The results were devastating. Surveying the damage to Lowe’s Beach, local residents Nick Constantakis with Nick and Anthony Maillis found two skulls on the beach and evidence of human bones protruding from the dune face. The human remains were Lucayans, and the discovery was reported to the Bahamas National Museum. A year later Michael and Bill were sent to investigate. The burial excavation that began in 2016 created its own whirlwind. The absence of artifacts in association with the burials led to new surveys, new sites, new excavations and new questions. Much of what we found is unlike any- Theodore Morris’s painting, “The Fisherman,” shows a tribal member holding a sheepshead fish that he caught offshore of the Dominican Republic. thing we expected. We will share these results in future issues. The project had unanticipated consequences. Dr. 24 www.timespub.tc
Keith Tinker, then Director of The Bahamas Antiquities, Monuments and Museum Corporation, arranged several public lectures for us. He involved us in planning “The Lucayan Experience,” an outdoor exhibit at the Clifton National Heritage Park in Nassau. We also created an exhibit about the burial excavations for the Long Island ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY THEODORE MORRIS Times of the Islands Fall 2020 25
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