Beyond the blockade : new currents in Cuban archaeology /

Beyond the blockade : new currents in Cuban archaeology / edited by Susan Kepecs, L. Antonio Curet, and Gabino La Rosa Corzo ; chapters by Cuban authors translated from Spanish by Susan Kepecs. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (ix, 206 pages) : illustrations, maps - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory . - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : new currents in Cuban archaeology / Prologue : homage to Dr. Betty Meggers / Cuba and Florida : entwined histories of historical archaeologies / La Loma del Convento : its centrality to current issues in Cuban archaeology / New early tradition stone tool industries in Cuba / Investigations at Laguna de Limones : suggestions for a change in the theoretical direction of Cuban archaeology / Recent archaeological fieldwork from the region around Los Buchillones : an indigenous site on the north-central Cuban coast / Turey treasure in the Caribbean : brass and Indo-Hispanic contact at El Chorro de Maíta, Cuba / The archaeology of escaped slaves : utensils for resistance / Built patrimony and historical archaeology : problematic relations in working with the past / Susan Kepecs and L. Antonio Curet -- Lourdes Domínguez -- Kathleen Deagan -- Vernon James Knight, Jr. -- Lorenzo Morales Santos -- Daniel Torres Etayo -- Jago Cooper, Roberto Valcarcel Rojas, and Jorge Calvera -- Roberto Valcárcel Rojas, Marcos Martinón-Torres, Jago Cooper, and Thilo Rehren -- Gabino La Rosa Corzo -- Iosvany Hernández Mora.

This innovative volume builds on dialogues opened in recent years between Cuban archaeologists, whose work has long been carried out behind closed doors, and their international colleagues. The chapters included herein span a wide range of subjects across the full chronological spectrum. Most were written by emerging Cuban professionals who are breaking new ground; a few were penned by long-time leaders in the field. Issues addressed by the 17 contributors represented in this collection include the long-term cultural and intellectual links between Florida and Cuba, which.

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Archaeology--Research--Cuba.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Cuba.
Ethnoarchaeology--Cuba.
Archaeology and history--Cuba.
Archaeology and history--Florida.
Heritage tourism--Cuba.
Archéologie--Recherche--Cuba.
Fouilles (Archéologie)--Cuba.
Ethnoarchéologie--Cuba.
Archéologie et histoire--Cuba.
Archéologie et histoire--Floride.
Tourisme culturel--Cuba.
HISTORY--Caribbean & West Indies--Cuba.
Antiquities.
Archaeology and history.
Archaeology--Research.
Ethnoarchaeology.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Heritage tourism.
International relations.
Archäologie


Cuba--Antiquities.
Cuba--History.
Cuba--Relations--Florida.
Florida--Relations--Cuba.
Cuba--Histoire.
Cuba--Relations--Floride.
Floride--Relations--Cuba.
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