The Archaeology of Tibes offers a groundbreaking reevaluation of Puerto Rico’s earliest known ceremonial center, challenging long-held assumptions about social hierarchy and power in ancient Caribbean societies. Through a rich collection of essays, this volume shifts the focus from elite chiefdoms to the everyday lives, rituals, and memories of the people who shaped Tibes between 400 and 1300 CE. Featuring cutting-edge research in geoarchaeology, ceramic analysis, faunal studies, and rock art, the book presents a more nuanced and humanized view of social organization and cultural expression. Essential reading for scholars and students of Caribbean archaeology, this work invites fresh dialogue and sets a new standard for interpreting sacred spaces and community life in the ancient Americas.

A powerful rethinking of resilience through the lens of Pueblo history, this work reveals how Tiwa communities in the Northern Rio Grande used culturally intentional strategies to adapt, transform, and endure across a millennium of change. Anthropologist Michael A. Adler introduces the concept of transilience—culturally intentional acts that address existential threats and enable transformation—as a framework for interpreting the long-term persistence of Tiwa communities.
 
Focusing on the Tiwa-speaking communities of Taos, Picuris, and Pot Creek Pueblos, Adler shows how social and ritual organization, architectural change, and sacred geographies were mobilized in response to disruption. He challenges conventional resilience theory, which emphasizes systemic stability, instead centering Indigenous agency, mobility, and sacred practice as key to understanding cultural endurance.
 
Grounded in decades of collaborative research with Pueblo communities, Transilient Acts and Resilient Villages is a vital contribution to southwestern archaeology. It offers a compelling model for how archaeology can respectfully engage with descendant communities and provides essential insights for scholars, students, and community members seeking to understand the complexities of cultural persistence in the face of change.