The earliest inhabitants : the dynamics of the Jamaican Taíno / edited by Lesley-Gail Atkinson.

Other author Atkinson, Lesley-Gail.
Format Book
Publication InfoJamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2006.
Descriptionxvi, 215 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Subjects

Contents The development of Jamaican prehistory / William F. Keegan and Lesley-Gail Atkinson -- The Taino settlement of the Kingston area / Philip Allsworth-Jones ... [et al.] -- The Pre-Columbian site of Chancery Hall, St Andrew / Philip Allsworth-Jones ... [et al.] -- Excavations at Green Castle, St Mary / Philip Allsworth-Jones and Kit Wesler -- The impact of land-based development on Taino archaeology in Jamaica / Andrea Richards -- Notes on the natural history of Jamaica / Wendy A. Lee -- The exploitation and transformation of Jamaica's natural vegetation / Lesley-Gail Atkinson -- Early Arawak subsistence strategies: the Rodney's House site of Jamaica / Sylvia Scudder -- Petrography and source of some Arawak rock artefacts from Jamaica / M. John Roobol and James W. Lee -- Jamaican Taino pottery / Norma Rodney-Harrack -- Jamaican redware / James W. Lee -- Taino ceramics from post-contact Jamaica / Robyn P. Woodward -- The petroglyphs of Jamaica / James W. Lee -- Zemis, trees and symbolic landscapes: three Taino carvings from Jamaica / Nicholas Saunders and Dorrick Gray.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-213).
LCCN 2007359013
ISBN9766401497 (pbk.)
ISBN9789766401498 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks F1619.2.T3 E37 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold