Dialogues in Cuban Archaeology

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nología y Medio Ambiente en Holguín, Cuba. He obtained a licienciate and
master’s from the Universidad de Oriente in Cuban and Caribbean history
and culture, with specialization in the precolumbian archaeology of Cuba.
David R. Watters is curator-in-charge of the section of anthropology at
Carnegie Museum of Natural History. He received his Ph.D. in anthropology
from University of Pittsburgh (1980). He is particularly interested in the maritime
adaptive strategies of human populations in the insular setting and linkages
between oceanography and archaeology. A longstanding member of the
International Association for Caribbean Archaeology and of the Museums
Association of the Caribbean, he is interested in fostering collaborative research
and promoting cooperative ventures among colleagues throughout the
Caribbean region.
Samuel M. Wilson, professor of anthropology at the University of Texas,
has carried out historical and archaeological research on the indigenous people
of the Caribbean, with emphasis on the emergence of complex societies in the
Greater Antilles. He has also explored issues of indigenous population dynamics,
exchange, and political geography in the Lesser Antilles. His publications
include Hispaniola: Caribbean Chiefdoms in the Age of Columbus and The Emperor’s
Giraffe and Other Stories of Cultures in Contact.