De antiguos pueblos y culturas botánicas en el Puerto Rico indígena
Subtitle: el archipiélago borincano y la llegada de los primeros pobladores agroceramistas
By: Jaime R. Pagán Jiménez.
Series: BAR international series -- 1687. -- Paris monographs in American archaeology -- 18; BAR international series -- 1687.; BAR international series -- 18.
Publisher: Archaeopress / John and Erica Hedges Ltd.; Archaeopress; Available from Hadrian Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: spa
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781407301259
Subjects: Indians of the West Indies -- Puerto Rico -- Antiquities.; Indians of the West Indies -- Puerto Rico -- History.; Indians of the West Indies -- Puerto Rico -- Ethnobotany.; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Puerto Rico.; Plant remains (Archaeology) -- Puerto Rico.; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Puerto Rico.; Vieques Island (P.R.) -- Antiquities.; Puerto Rico -- Antiquities.
Description: "The present work inquires into the phyto-cultural interrelationships of two Huecoid communities that inhabited Vieques and Puerto Rico (La Hueca and Punta Candelero) around 2300 years ago. The primary objectives of this investigation were, among others: to characterize for the first time the agroeconomy of these communities and to interpret the role of plants as humanized natural objects which were consciously used during the movement of these peoples across the insular Caribbean. This investigation offers the first archaeological interpretation, supported by a systematic archaeobotanical study, of some of the socio-cultural processes that made it possible for two Huecoid communities to persist and evolve in a dynamic landscape of human and natural interactions in the northern Antilles."--Publisher's web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-175).