ABOUT THIS BOOK

Provides tremendous insight and an excellent grasp of the special geoinformatics needs of Caribbean researchers

Addressing the use of geoinformatics in Caribbean archaeology, this volume is based on case studies drawn from specific island territories, namely, Barbados, St. John, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Nevis, St. Eustatius, and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as inter-island interaction and landscape conceptualization in the Caribbean region. Geoinformatics is especially critical within the Caribbean where site destruction is intense due to storm surges, hurricanes, ocean and riverine erosion, urbanization, industrialization, and agriculture, as well as commercial development along the very waterfronts that were home to many prehistoric peoples. By demonstrating that the region is fertile ground for the application of geoinformatics in archaeology, this volume places a well-needed scholarly spotlight on the Caribbean.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Basil A. Reid is a Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

REVIEWS

“A great contribution to Caribbean and island archaeology since it covers most of the Caribbean and includes a variety of topics, from purely academic studies on migration and slavery, to more applied approaches where geoinformatics is used for CRM purposes.” —L. Antonio Curet, The Field Museum
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“This work is a very useful overview of the current state of the use of GIS and remote sensing technology in the Caribbean that will serve as a benchmark for future studies in the region.” —Jay K. Johnson, University of Mississippi
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents
List of Illustrations	000
Acknowledgments	000
Introduction
Archaeology and Geoinformatics: Case Studies from the Caribbean
Basil A. Reid	000
Part I: Archaeology, GIS, and Visibility Models
1. The Caribbean: A Continent Divided by Water
Joshua M. Torres and Reniel Rodriguez Ramos	000
Part II: Archaeology, GIS, and Cultural Resource Management
2. Developing Weights-of-Evidence Predictive Models for the 
Cultural Resource Management of Pre-Columbian Sites in Trinidad
Basil A. Reid	000
3. Forward Planning: The Utilization of GIS in the Management of 
Archaeological Resources in Barbados
Kevin Farmer	000
4. Developing an Archaeological Information System for Trinidad 
and Tobago
Bheshem Ramlal and Basil A. Reid	000
Part III: Archaeology, GIS, Cartography, GPS, Satellite Imagery, 
Aerial Photography, and Photogrammetry
5. Maps, Matricals, and Material Remains: An Archaeological GIS 
of Late-Eighteenth-Century Historic Sites on St. John, Danish 
West Indies
Douglas V. Armstrong, Mark W. Hauser, David W. Knight, and 
Stephan Lenik	000
6. Understanding Nevis: GPS and Archaeological Field Survey in a 
Postcolonial Landscape
Roger H. Leech	000
7. The Use of Imagery to Locate Taino Sites in Jamaica in a GIS 
Environment
Parris Lyew-Ayee and Ivor Conolley	000
Part IV: Archaeology and Geophysics
8. Geophysics and the Search for Raleigh's Outpost on Trinidad
Eric Klingelhofer	000
9. Geophysics and Volcanic Islands: Resistivity and Gradiometry 
on St. Eustatius
R. Grant Gilmore III	000
Conclusion
Postscript: Archaeology and Geoinformatics from a Caribbeanist 
Perspective
Basil A. Reid	000
Glossary of Terms	000
References Cited	000
Contributors	000
Index	000