Crossing the Borders: New Methods and Techniques in the Study of Archaeological Materials from the Caribbean

Index
Aceramic Age: peoples of, 195–197, 212; site
of, 165
Anguilla, 11, 25–26, 28–31
Anse à la Gourde, 16, 17, 62, 64, 102, 107, 109–
113, 115–119, 122, 124, 185, 188, 199, 201, 210,
214–218, 223–225, 231
Antigua, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 25, 28, 43–51, 53–54, 57,
59, 61–64, 78–82, 88–89, 96, 104, 107
Antilles: Greater, 13–14, 17, 37, 145, 165, 169, 174,
176, 178, 184, 195–196, 212–213; islands of
the 145, 166; Lesser, 7, 11, 13, 17, 32, 43–45, 54,
125–126, 169, 178–179, 184, 195–199, 212–214;
Northern Lesser, 7, 15, 21, 44–46, 50, 62–64,
93, 96, 126; Southern Lesser, 11
Archaeometallurgical study, 4, 13, 15, 34, 41–
42, 227
Archaeometric technique, 4, 5, 12–15, 21, 23,
43, 61, 63
Archaic Age: in the Antilles, 93, 126–127, 154,
181, 183, 185, 209, 212, 229–230; in Puerto
Rico, 140, 152–153; in Saba 16, 104, 125–126
Bahamas, 3, 6–7, 15, 69, 73, 77, 184, 195–196,
227–228,
Basketry, 6–7, 69–70, 73–76, 107
Beads: artifacts, 7–8, 15, 37, 78–83, 85, 88; drilling
of, 15, 79, 85, 89, 229; manufacture of,
7–9, 78, 89; metal, 37–38; production of, 8,
79. See also shell
Bipolar: core, 95; percussion, 10, 94, technique,
94–97
Bottom, The, 25–31
Brass: European, 4, 38–42, 227, 229. See also
turey
Caona, 37–38, 40–41. See also gold
Carbon isotopes: stable, 13, 185, 227, 230
Ceramic Age: in the Antilles, 9, 44, 61, 63, 93,
193; Early, 6–7, 12, 43, 96 183, 185; Late, 11,
183, 185, 192, 212, 216, 224; in Puerto Rico,
140; in Saba 24–25
Ceramic manufacture/ production, 7, 11–12, 113
Chaîne opératoire, 5, 16, 92, 94, 97, 100. See also
operative chain
Characterization study, 46
Clay procurement, 15, 24
Coral tools, 4–5, 8, 16, 112–113, 115–118, 122–
124, 230
Cuba, 4–5, 15–16, 34–42, 153, 159–169, 189, 196–
212, 213, 229
Cueva de Los Muertos, 16, 138, 143, 146, 149
Debitage: lithic, 16, 91–92, 94, 96–97, 99, 139;
wood, 194
Dental alginate mold, 15, 70–71, 73, 76
Dental morphology, 17, 197–198, 201, 212, 230
Diet, 1, 13–14, 108, 153, 161, 187, 215, 224–227, 231
Discriminant analysis, 60, 64
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