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

DNA: ancient, 1, 14, 191, 193, 213, 227; mitochondrial,
14
El Chorro de Maíta, 15, 34–35, 37–42, 199, 229
Elliot’s site, 80
Energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence
( ED- XRF), 36
Energy- dispersive spectrometer (EDS), 36
Ethnoarchaeology, 1, 10, 15, 21–24, 31–33
Ethnohistory, 3–6, 10, 34–40, 174–194, 197
Ethnotypology, 6
Exchange, 1, 4, 12, 33, 41, 44, 62–63, 114, 150,
212, 229
Experimental research, 1, 8, 10, 16, 21–26, 32,
76, 79–89, 92, 101–104, 107–108, 115–124, 129,
134–135, 162, 165, 192, 230
Fabric analysis, 6, 11, 21, 23, 25–27
Flake, 7, 43–51, 62, 92, 94–97, 105, 108, 126, 129,
134–136, 153, 165
Flint, 50, 58, 107, 113. See also chert
Functional study, 1, 5, 9, 14–16, 102–114, 122, 143
Generative grammatical approach, 6
Geochemical analysis, 15, 21, 24–28, 43–65, 185,
214, 223–225
Gold, 4, 13, 34–42, 229. See also caona
Gold/ copper alloy, 13, 15, 36–41. See also guanín
Guadeloupe, 14–17, 62, 91, 96, 99, 107–113, 115,
179, 185, 199, 214–225
Guanín, 13, 39–41. See also gold/ copper alloy
High Power approach, 9, 102–104, 114–117, 123
Hispaniola, 28, 40, 175, 196, 197, 228
Human migration, 14, 17, 195–213, 230
Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectroscopy
(ICPAES), 12, 54
Kelbey’s Ridge, 25–31, 44, 62, 64
La Désirade, 43–46, 107, 216
Laguna de Limones, 153, 159–168
Leeward Islands, 11, 13, 196,
Leroi- Gourhan, André, 5, 10, 91
Lithic: artifacts, 10, 16, 137–158, 165–167, 229;
débitage, 16, 94; implements, 142, 146, 152–
292 / Index
154; material technology, 1, 4–7, 10–16,
90–100
Long Island, 25
Low Power approach, 9, 103–104, 108, 116, 123
Macambo II, 16, 153, 159–164, 166
Manufacturing: process, 1, 10–11, 150; techniques,
5, 9, 21, 26, 89; traces, 79–88
Metal, 4, 12–15, 34–42, 82, 227
Mobility, 1, 13, 214–225, 231
Morel, 16, 44, 62, 102, 111–113
Multivariate “modal” approach, 2
Nitrogen isotopes, 13, 227, 230
Operative chain, 154
Ostionoid style: Chican, 25; Palmettan, 69;
people, 196, 199–200, 210, 213
Paleoethnobotany, 14, 174, 179–192, 230
Paleo- osteology, 14–17, 35
Palmetto Grove: site of, 70, 73; ware, 69–70
Petrographic analysis, 11–13, 43, 46, 61
Phytoliths: analysis of, 1, 9, 16, 104, 113, 126–131,
134, 135, 155, 190, 194
Plum Piece, 16, 25, 102–107, 113, 125–136, 230
Pottery manufacturing process, 5–6, 76, 112
Production sequence, 5, 76, 110, 229
Provenance: study of, 12, 14, 21, 33–34, 60, 63,
214, 220, 224
Puerto Rico, 4, 8, 13–17, 37, 44–64, 93, 98, 137–
158, 165, 175, 196, 199, 201, 210–212, 228
Radiocarbon: accelerator, 35; date, 35, 161, 216
Residue analysis, 1, 16, 102, 104, 112–114, 129,
135, 139, 155
Resources: exploitation of, 1, 124; lithic, 7, 80;
marine, 126, 189, 196; plant, 107, 173–176,
181, 192
Rouse, Irving B., 2–6, 93, 137, 196, 227
Royall’s site, 80
Saba, 14–16, 21, 24–33, 62, 104–106, 115, 125–
127, 230
Saladoid style: Cedrosan, 16, 25, 78, 91–100,
216; Huecan, 91–100, 111; people, 195–213;
sites, 8, 9, 14, 78, 80
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