The indigenous people of the Caribbean
By: edited by Samuel M. Wilson.
Contributors: Wilson, Samuel M.; Virgin Islands Humanities Council.
Series: The Ripley P. Bullen series
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Indians of the West Indies; Indians of the West Indies -- Antiquities; Caribbean Area -- Antiquities; West Indies -- Antiquities
Description: This volume brings together nineteen Caribbean specialists to produce the first general introduction to the indigenous peoples of that region. Writing for both general and academic audiences, contributors provide an authoritative, up-to-date picture of these fascinating peoples - their social organization, religion, language, lifeways, and contribution to the culture of their modern descendants - in what is ultimately a comprehensive reader on Caribbean archaeology, ethnohistory, and ethnology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-248) and index.
"Organized by the Virgin Islands Humanities Council."