| #4767422 in Books | 2008-06-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.90 x6.13l,1.27 | File type: PDF | 320 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A monumental undertaking and an essential reference|By W. Wedenoja|In 1897, J.E. Duerden, then curator of the museum of the Institute of Jamaica, published a comprehensive, 52 page monograph on archaeological investigations in Jamaica. The aim of this volume is to do the same, more than 100 years later. A surprising amount of archaeology has been done in Jamaica, but in many ca||
"This welcome volume is the first systematic attempt to summarize all existing prehistoric evidence from the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Allsworth-Jones (Univ. of Sheffield) updates and supplements J. E. Duerden's seminal 1897 article, 'Aborig
Much of Jamaican prehistoric research—like that in the rest of the Caribbean basin—has been guided by at least a subconscious attempt to allow prehistoric native peoples to find their places within the charts established by Irving Rouse, who guided Caribbean research for much of the last half-century. The pre-Columbian peoples of Jamaica, and not merely their material culture, are beginning to take form, revealing their lifestyles and rituals, and taking...
You easily download any file type for your device.Pre-Columbian Jamaica (Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory) | Phillip Allsworth-Jones.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
