Dialogues in Cuban Archaeology

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4.1. Map of Old Havana showing the areas restored by the
O¤cina del Historiador de la Ciudad de la Habana
gral part of the discipline of archaeology in Cuba. This chapter presents a
critical review of one aspect of the development of Historical Archaeology as
a scienti¤c discipline on the island. Particularly, it focuses on advancements
made through salvage projects and investigations in Old Havana (Figure 4.1).
In Cuba, Historical Archaeology forms part of the country’s developing
archaeological program, which tries by all possible means to be current with
the most recent concerns of the ¤eld, either theoretical or empirical, when
they overlap with our interests. On each project, we adapt the latest techniques,
to the point that we can say today that the sites are well controlled