book chapter
A large archaeological site at Capa, Utuado, with notes on other Porto Rico sites visited in 1914-1915
Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands • 18 (2) • Published In 1941 • Pages: 209-272, 303
By: Mason, John Alden.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The major focus of this study is on the archaeological site known as Capá in the barrio of Caguana, municipality of Utuado, district of Arecibo, Puerto Rico which the author visited in 1914-1915. Mason describes in great detail the courts or plazas found at the site and various other associated structures. A secondary focus of this work is on other Puerto Rican sites visited during the author's field work in the region of Utuado, including the village of Loíza, the region of Coamo, and the southwestern corner of the island.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Location
- Soil
- Dwellings
- Recreational structures
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Late Caribbean
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caribbean
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1914-1915
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1000 BP-500 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Capá site, Utuado municipality, Arecibo district, Puerto Rico
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. Alden Mason
- Includes index
- Rouse's Appendix with bibliography, pages 273-301, is found in source 10: Rouse
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 20012279
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Caribbean Area--Antiquities