The Prehistory of Nevis, a Small Island in the Lesser Antilles (Yale University Publications in Anthropology)

Synopsis

Ixfigures -- Xitables -- Xiiiforeword -- Xivpreface -- One: Introduction -- Overview Of Caribbean Prehistory -- Nevis Research And Its Relation -- To Problems In Caribbean Archaeology -- Main Research Questions -- Organization Of This Book -- Two: Nevisian Environments: Possibilities And Limitations -- Introduction -- Location And Geology -- Climate -- Biogeographic Issues -- Terrestrial Animals -- Plant Communities -- Offshore Habitats And Resources -- Summary -- Three: The Archaeology Of Nevis -- Introduction -- Catalogue Of The Prehistoric Archaeological Sites Of Nevis -- Four: Ceramics And Chronology -- J. Daniel Rogers National Museum Of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution -- Introduction -- The Ceramic Collection -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Five: Tubers, Fruits, And Fuel: Paleoethnobotanical Investigations Of The Dynamics -- Between Culture And The Forested Environment Lee A. Newsom Center For Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale -- Introduction -- Bioclimatic And Floristic Background -- Nevis Paleoethnobotanical Sampling And Analysis -- Laboratory Methods And Procedures -- Results Of Analysis -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Six: Animal Remains From Archaeological Sites On Nevis -- Laura Kozuch U.s. Army Corps Of Engineers, St. Louis, Missouri -- Elizabeth S. Wing Florida Museum Of Natural History, University Of Florida -- Introduction -- Materials And Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Seven: Nevisian Prehistoric Sites In Regional Context -- Introduction -- Problems And Caveats In Using Settlement Pattern Data -- Archaeological Research From The Islands -- Inferences From The Radiocarbon Dates -- General Inferences From Patterns Of Known Settlements -- Eight: Nevis In The Period Of European Contact -- Summary -- Nine: Conclusions -- References -- Index Samuel M. Wilson ; With Contributions By Laura Kozuch ... [et Al.] ; Foreword By Irving Rouse. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [219]-238) And Index.