Book
Prehistoric patterns of exploitation and colonization in the Turks and Caicos Islands
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1998 • Pages:
By: Sullivan, Shaun Dorsey.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is an archaeological and environmental survey of the Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies, during the period of 1976-1980 in which 41 prehistoric sites were located and surface collections of artifacts made. “Test excavations were coducted at nine of the sites, and a detailed topographic map was made of one complex, MC-6. An environmental resource survey was made of each island on which prehistoric sites were encountered. That survey incorporated aerial photography and ground mapping to produce maps of environmental zones defined by the distribution of plant communities, geomorphological features, and aquatic life zones. Each enivironmental zone was further defined by an inventory of resources exploitable with aboriginal technology” (p. xi). Analysis of the data from the sites indicated two primary cultural periods in the prehistoric occupation of the Turks and Caicos -- the Antillean Period from 750 - 950 A.D. and the Lucayan period of approximately 950 - 1500 A.D. Only the material on the Lucayan period has been indexed for Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM) codes. This period is represented by sites designated in this study as MC-6, MC-11, MC-12, MC-13, MC-16, MC-17, MC-21, MC-32, MC-34, P-1, P-3, P-4, IC-1, PC-1, Plaza 1, Plaza 2, and South Midden (P-1-S).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Maps
- Recording and collecting in the field
- Historical reconstruction
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Flora
- Ceramic technology
- External trade
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- 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
- 1976-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1050 BP-500 BP (950 A.D.-1500 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- NotesAdditional notes
- Shaun Dorsey Sullivan
- UM 8203607
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-427)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Illinois at Urbana, 1981
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Caribbean Area--Antiquities