Anacaona’s Gift
Cotton and the woven arts of the 11th to 17th century Caribbean
Joanna Ostapkowicz | 2025
In the spring of 1497, the Hispaniolan cacica (chieftess) Anacaona presented Columbus’ brother, Adelantado (Governor) Bartolomé Colón, with a lavish assortment of Indigenous wealth, including both woven textiles and balls of spun cotton, “so large…
St. Eustatius
An Illustrated History
Ruud Stelten | 2025
St. Eustatius, a small island in the Lesser Antilles, has played an important role in Atlantic World history. Since its first permanent European settlement in 1636, the island changed hands 22 times between the Dutch,…
Arqueología histórica venezolana
Perspectivas actuales sobre el contacto, el colonialismo y la independencia
Edited by Konrad A. Antczak | 2024
Este volumen ofrece una visión panorámica de la arqueología histórica de Venezuela, siendo la primera vez que un estudio de esta índole está disponible tanto en inglés como en español. Reúne el trabajo de destacados…
Venezuelan Historical Archaeology
Current Perspectives on Contact, Colonialism, and Independence
Edited by Konrad A. Antczak | 2024
This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the historical archaeology of Venezuela, marking the first time such a detailed study is available in both English and Spanish. It compiles the work of leading Venezuelan archaeologists…
“Better Than We”
Landscapes and materialities of race, class, and gender in pre-emancipation Saba, Dutch Caribbean
Ryan Espersen | 2024
This study aims to understand the materiality of Saba’s ideological landscape during its pre-emancipation colonial period. This is accomplished by understanding the dialectics, or inseparable relationships, between Saba’s geography, locally-situated ideologies of class, race, and…
From Households to Empires
Papers in Memory of Bradley J. Parker
Edited by Jason R. Kennedy and Patrick Mullins | 2023
Bradley J. Parker made numerous contributions to the field of archaeology and Assyriology on a broad array of topics spanning six millennia of archaeological history in both ancient Mesopotamia and the Andes. His varied research…
Lucayan Legacies
Indigenous lifeways in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands
Joanna Ostapkowicz | 2023
This book is about Lucayan legacies – the heritage of the people who made The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands (the Lucayan archipelago) their home from the 8th to the 16th centuries. This legacy…
Search results for cat-ancient-americas
:
Anacaona’s Gift
Cotton and the woven arts of the 11th to 17th century Caribbean
Joanna Ostapkowicz | 2025
In the spring of 1497, the Hispaniolan cacica (chieftess) Anacaona presented Columbus’ brother, Adelantado (Governor) Bartolomé Colón, with a lavish assortment of Indigenous wealth, including both woven textiles and balls of spun cotton, “so large…
St. Eustatius
An Illustrated History
Ruud Stelten | 2025
St. Eustatius, a small island in the Lesser Antilles, has played an important role in Atlantic World history. Since its first permanent European settlement in 1636, the island changed hands 22 times between the Dutch,…
Arqueología histórica venezolana
Perspectivas actuales sobre el contacto, el colonialismo y la independencia
Edited by Konrad A. Antczak | 2024
Este volumen ofrece una visión panorámica de la arqueología histórica de Venezuela, siendo la primera vez que un estudio de esta índole está disponible tanto en inglés como en español. Reúne el trabajo de destacados…
Venezuelan Historical Archaeology
Current Perspectives on Contact, Colonialism, and Independence
Edited by Konrad A. Antczak | 2024
This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the historical archaeology of Venezuela, marking the first time such a detailed study is available in both English and Spanish. It compiles the work of leading Venezuelan archaeologists…
“Better Than We”
Landscapes and materialities of race, class, and gender in pre-emancipation Saba, Dutch Caribbean
Ryan Espersen | 2024
This study aims to understand the materiality of Saba’s ideological landscape during its pre-emancipation colonial period. This is accomplished by understanding the dialectics, or inseparable relationships, between Saba’s geography, locally-situated ideologies of class, race, and…
From Households to Empires
Papers in Memory of Bradley J. Parker
Edited by Jason R. Kennedy and Patrick Mullins | 2023
Bradley J. Parker made numerous contributions to the field of archaeology and Assyriology on a broad array of topics spanning six millennia of archaeological history in both ancient Mesopotamia and the Andes. His varied research…
Lucayan Legacies
Indigenous lifeways in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands
Joanna Ostapkowicz | 2023
This book is about Lucayan legacies – the heritage of the people who made The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands (the Lucayan archipelago) their home from the 8th to the 16th centuries. This legacy…
Browse by subject
