edited by Susan Kepecs, L. Antonio Curet and Gabino La Rosa Corzo
contributions by Daniel Torres Etayo, Jorge Calvera Roses, Susan Kepecs, L. Antonio Curet, Iosvany Hernandez Mora, Vernon James Knight, Jr., Gabino La Rosa Corzo, Lorenzo Morales Santos and Thilo Rehren
University of Alabama Press, 2011
eISBN: 978-0-8173-8492-0 | Paper: 978-0-8173-5633-0 | Cloth: 978-0-8173-1720-1
Library of Congress Classification F1769.B49 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 972.9101

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

An important collection of essays and scholarship by Cuban archaeologists about precontact human settlement on the island.

An important and timely collection of essays that greatly expands knowledge of the human settlement of Cuba and the activities of its indigenous peoples. The collection is a testament to the tenacity of Cuban and US scholars determined to dismantle the political and economic barriers that have impeded collaborative archaeological scholarship in Cuba. Despite economic and political challenges that have limited the pursuit of archaeological research in Cuba, these essays show that Cuban archaeology has made valuable contributions to understanding the cultural processes that have shaped life in the Caribbean in both prehispanic and historic periods and added significantly to our understanding of past Cuban peoples.

The collection, one of only a few studies of Cuban archaeology published in English in the United States, includes essays by both Cuban and US scholars that highlight trends in Cuban archaeology. It recognizes the past pioneers of joint Cuban-US archaeological projects and pays homage to those researchers, including Betty Meggers and Lourdes Dominguez, who sustained scholarly contact across the Florida Straits despite geopolitical roadblocks. 


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