Beyond the Blockade: New Currents in Cuban Archaeology (Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0817356339 ISBN 13: 9780817356330

Publisher: University Alabama Press, 2010

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Susan Kepecs is an honorary fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

L. Antonio Curet is Associate Curator in the Department of Anthropology at the Field Museum in Chicago.

Gabino La Rosa Corzo is research archaeologist at the Centro de Antropología in Havana.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0817356339
• ISBN 13: 9780817356330
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 218
• Editor: Kepecs Susan, Curet L. Antonio, La Rosa Corzo Gabino