Contents
List of Illustrations 000
1. Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries and National Borders: New Methods and
Techniques in the Study of Archaeological Materials from the Caribbean
Corinne L. Hofman, Menno L. P. Hoogland, and Annelou L. van Gijn 000
Part I. Provenance Studies
2. In Tuneful Threefold: Combining Conventional Archaeological Methods,
Archaeometric Techniques, and Ethnoarchaeological Research in the Study of
Precolonial Pottery of the Caribbean
Corinne L. Hofman, A. J. Daan Isendoorn, Mathijs A. Booden, and Loe F. H. C.
Jacobs 000
3. American Gold and European Brass: Metal Objects and Indigenous Values in
the Cemetery of El Chorro de Maita, Cuba
Jago Cooper, Marcos Martinon-Torres, and Roberto Valcarcel Rojas 000
4. Chert Sourcing in the Northern Lesser Antilles: The Use of Geochemical
Techniques in Discriminating Chert Materials
Sebastiaan Knippenberg and Johannes J. P. Zijlstra 000
Part II. Functional Studies of Artifacts
5. A New Material to View the Past: Dental Alginate Molds of Friable
Artifacts
Charlene Dixon Hutcheson 000
6. Saladoid Lapidary Technology: New Methods for Investigating Stone Bead
Drilling Techniques
Christy de Mille, Tamara Varney, and Michael Turney 000
7. Lithic Technology: A Way to More Complex Diversity in Caribbean
Archaeology
Benoit Berard 000
8. Tool Use and Technological Choices: An Integral Approach toward Functional
Analysis of Caribbean Tool Assemblages
Annelou van Gijn, Yvonne Lammers-Keijsers, and Iris Briels 000
9. Understanding the Function of Coral Tools from Anse a la Gourde: An
Experimental Approach
Harold J. Kelly and Annelou van Gijn 000
10. The Significance of Wear and Residue Studies: An Example from Plum Piece,
Saba
Channah Jose Nieuwenhuis 000
11. Starch Residues on Lithic Artifacts from Two Contrasting Contexts in
Northwestern Puerto Rico: Los Muertos Cave and Vega de Nelo Vargas Farmstead
Jaime R. Pagan Jimenez and Jose R. Oliver 000
12. The Buren in Precolonial Cuban Archaeology: New Information Regarding the
Use of Plants and Ceramic Griddles during the Late Ceramic Age of Eastern
Cuba Gathered through Starch Analysis
Roberto Rodriguez Suarez and Jaime R. Pagan Jimenez 000
Part III. New Trends in Paleobotanical and Paleo-Osteological Research
13. Caribbean Paleoethnobotany: Present Status and New Horizons
(Understanding the Evolution of an Indigenous Ethnobotany)
Lee A. Newsom 000
14. New Evidence of Two Different Migratory Waves in the Circum-Caribbean
Area during the Pre-Columbian Period from the Analysis of Dental
Morphological Traits
Alfredo Coppa, Andrea Cucina, Menno Hoogland, Michaela Lucci, Fernando Luna
Calderon, Raphael G. A. M. Panhuysen, Glenis Tavarez Maria, Roberto Valcarcel
Rojas, and Rita Vargiu 000
15. Tracing Human Mobility with 87Sr/86Sr at Anse a la Gourde, Guadeloupe
Mathijs A. Booden, Raphael G. A. M. Panhuysen, Menno L. P. Hoogland, Hylke N.
de Jong, Gareth R. Davies, and Corinne L. Hofman 000
16. Epilogue: The Correct Answer Requires the Right Question (and the
Technology to Back It Up)
William F. Keegan 000
References Cited 000
Contributors 000
Index 000
