| The Archaeology of the Caribbean Contributor(s): Wilson, Samuel M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0511816502 ISBN-13: 9780511816505 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $213.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 972.901 |
| Series: Cambridge World Archaeology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Archaeology of the Caribbean is a comprehensive synthesis of Caribbean prehistory from the earliest settlement by humans more than 4000 years BC, to the time of European conquest of the islands, from the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries. Samuel Wilson reviews the evidence for migration and cultural change throughout the archipelago, dealing in particular with periods of cultural interaction when groups with different cultures and histories were in contact. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilson, Samuel M.: - Samuel M. Wilson is professor and chairman of the department of anthropology at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of several books, most recently The Prehistory of Nevis, and editor of The Indigenous People of the Caribbean. |
