Oliver, José R;
(1995)
The archaeology of Lower Camp: understanding variability in peripheral zones.
In: Rodríguez, R. Alegría y M, (ed.)
Proceedings of the XV International Congress of Caribbean Archaeology.
(pp. pp. 485-500).
The International Association for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA): Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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Abstract
This paper reports on the archaeological excavations at Lower Camp site, Culebra Island, Puerto Rico. Over 2,000 artifacts and nearly 9,000 faunal elements were recovered from an undisturbed midden. Modal and stratigraphie analysis of the ceramic assemblages indicates that only a single component affiliated to a late Cedrosan Saladoid is represented. A single charcoal assay (Beta-52607) from the lowest midden level yielded a date of cal A.D. 642. The ceramic assemblage is interpreted to be a facies of Cuevas style, which we will tentativelly designate as Lower Camp. While at the core area in Eastern Puerto Rico sites had already evolved into a new Elenan subseries by ca 650 A.D., in some peripheral areas like Culebra Island, potters tenaciously clung to the late Cedrosan stylistic vocabulary, albeit a vastly impoverished one. The implications of Lower Camp fades will be discussed in reference to the problems of defining stylistic transitionality and spatial/ ethnic borders.
Type: | Proceedings paper |
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Title: | The archaeology of Lower Camp: understanding variability in peripheral zones |
Event: | International Congress of Caribbean Archaeology 1993 |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
Publisher version: | https://dloc.com/AA00061961/00566/pdf |
Language: | English |
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UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10178204 |
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