Pre-Colombian Jamaica: Caribbean Archeology and Ethnohistory

List of Illustrations
Figures
1. Jamaican parishes and Lee codes. 4
2. Vanderwal’s mode stratification: South Coast. 18
3. Vanderwal’s mode stratification: North Coast. 18
4. Advance of the Ceramic/ Archaic–age frontier through the Caribbean
(adapted from Rouse, 1992). 34
5. Chronology of the peoples and cultures in the Bahamian Archipelago and the
Greater Antilles (adapted from Rouse, 1992). 35
6. Jamaican topography, elevations, and main mountain ranges. 47
7. Twenty drainage basins as defined by the National Atlas of
Jamaica (1971). 48
8. Jamaican geology, blocks, and belts. 50
9. Decorative techniques table. 63
10. Vessel shapes (after Shepard, 1956). 65
11. Artifacts from Redware sites (M4, M11, E4, E5, EC10). 68
12. Stone artifacts (S2, T5, E5, Endeavour, Content). 69
13. Stone artifacts (A20, C12, S1, S12, Y21, Gibraltar, Pepper). 70
14. Stone, shell, and earthenware artifacts
(C1, C7, S1, S8, S12, T1, Y4, Y21, 012). 71
15. Pottery, earthenware, and shell artifacts
(A4, A16, A47, C1, H13, J1, J10, M1, S12, Y14). 72