Author: Jesse Walter Fewkes
Publisher:
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Category : Indians of the West Indies
Languages : en
Pages : 608

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Author: Jesse Walter Fewkes
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 081735574X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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A valuable recounting of the first formal archaeological excavations in Puerto Rico Originally published as the Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1907, this book was praised in an article in American Anthropologist as doing “more than any other to give a comprehensive idea of the archaeology of the West Indies.” Until that time, for mainly political reasons, little scientific research had been conducted by Americans on any of the Caribbean islands. Dr. Fewkes' unique skills of observation and experience served him well in the quest to understand Caribbean prehistory and culture. This volume, the result of his careful fieldwork in Puerto Rico in 1902-04, is magnificently illustrated by 93 plates and 43 line drawings of specimens from both public and private collections of the islands. A 1907 article in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland described the volume as “a most valuable contribution to ethnographical science.”

Author: Jesse Walter Fewkes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781453617403
Category : Indians of the West Indies
Languages : en
Pages : 314

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A notable monograph on the prehistoric inhabitants of the island of Puerto Rico. This work was the first to yield information about the physical characteristics and the manner of life of its early indigenous people. Topics include; religion, archaeological objects, archaeological sites, customs, rites, ceremonies, basically all of the major topics are addressed here. There are also a lot of pictures and photographs that are helpful. The end of the book also contains a series of useful plates and drawings. IMPORTANT. This is an exact reproduction of a book published before 1923. Despite the fact that we have attempted to accurately maintain the integrity of the original work, the present reproduction may have minor errors beyond our control like: missing and blurred pages, poor pictures and markings.313 pp. Dr. Angel Rodriguez, Editor. Editorial Nuevo Mundo

Author: Jesse Walter Fewkes
Publisher: Scholar's Choice
ISBN: 9781295955527
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 598

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Jesse W. Fewkes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780384155503
Category :
Languages : en
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Author: T. Castanha
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023011640X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317

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This book debunks one of the greatest myths ever told in Caribbean history: that the indigenous peoples who encountered a very lost Christopher Columbus are 'extinct.' Through the uncovering of recent ethnographical data, the author reveals extensive narratives of Jíbaro Indian resistance and cultural continuity on the island of Borikén.

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Category : Canals, Interoceanic
Languages : en
Pages : 458

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Author: Michael Craton
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820313823
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 497

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From two leading historians of Bahamian history comes this groundbreaking work on a unique archipelagic nation. Islanders in the Stream is not only the first comprehensive chronicle of the Bahamian people, it is also the first work of its kind and scale for any Caribbean nation. This comprehensive volume details the full, extraordinary history of all the people who have ever inhabited the islands and explains the evolution of a Bahamian national identity within the framework of neighboring territories in similar circumstances. Divided into three sections, this volume covers the period from aboriginal times to the end of formal slavery in 1838. The first part includes authoritative accounts of Columbus’s first landfall in the New World on San Salvador island, his voyage through the Bahamas, and the ensuing disastrous collision of European and native Arawak cultures. Covering the islands’ initial settlement, the second section ranges from the initial European incursions and the first English settlements through the lawless era of pirate misrule to Britain’s official takeover and development of the colony in the eighteenth century. The third, and largest, section offers a full analysis of Bahamian slave society through the great influx of Empire Loyalists and their slaves at the end of the American Revolution to the purported achievement of full freedom for the slaves in 1838. This work is both a pioneering social history and a richly illustrated narrative modifying previous Eurocentric interpretations of the islands’ early history. Written to appeal to Bahamians as well as all those interested in Caribbean history, Islanders in the Stream looks at the islands and their people in their fullest contexts, constituting not just the most thorough view of Bahamian history to date but a major contribution to Caribbean historiography.

Author: Andrew Robeson Whitson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural extension work
Languages : en
Pages : 1104

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Author:
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 584

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