Screen LibraryThe Caribbean before Columbus /
The islands of the Caribbean are remarkably diverse, environmentally and culturally. Ranging from low limestone islands to volcanic islands with mountainous peaks, from rainforests to desert habitats, they are home to a mosaic of indigenous communities and to the descendants of Europeans, Africans,...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
The islands of the Caribbean are remarkably diverse, environmentally and culturally. Ranging from low limestone islands to volcanic islands with mountainous peaks, from rainforests to desert habitats, they are home to a mosaic of indigenous communities and to the descendants of Europeans, Africans, and Asians. Yet this diversity has become homogenized, for both the tourist and the historian. For instance, it was assumed that every new prehistoric culture had developed out of the culture that preceded it. Furthermore, the overly simplistic distinction between the "peaceful Arawak" and the "ca |
| Carrier Form: | xx, 332 pages : illustrations, maps, forms ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-314) and index. |
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9780190605254 (paperback) : 0190605251 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | F1619 |
| CLC: |
K750.2 K887.5 |
| Call Number: | K887.5/K262 |
| Contents: | Caribbean kaleidoscope -- The earliest inhabitants -- The early ceramic age -- Post-Saladoid Puerto Rico -- The Meillacoid and Chicoid worlds -- Cuba, the Bahama Archipelago, and Jamaica -- Lesser Antillean networks -- Caribbean encounters. |