The people who discovered Columbus : the prehistory of the Bahamas
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General Shelving - 3rd Floor
F1655 .K44 1992
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F1655 .K44 1992
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| General Shelving - 3rd Floor | F1655 .K44 1992 | On Shelf |
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Book
Physical Desc
xx, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-269) and index.
Description
For the Lucayan Tainos of the Caribbean, the year 1492 marked the beginning of the end: the first people contacted by Christopher Columbus were the first extinguished. Within thirty years, a population of perhaps 80,000 had declined to, at most, a few refugees. Clearing new ground in the study of prehistoric societies, William Keegan argues that a different perspective on the past provides an accurate portrait of a culture that became extinct almost 500 years ago.
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Keegan's terms his approach paleoethnography, developing a portrait of the past by linking archaeological field data and historical documents. The result, the first overview of the prehistory of the Bahamas, explains how and why the Bahamas were colonized by the Tainos almost 1,400 years ago. The portrait includes characteristics of the islands themselves, descriptions of how the Lucayan made their settlements, what they ate, how they organized in social groups, and how.
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Their population spread throughout the archipelago. Keegan reconstructs Columbus's voyage through the West Indies, raising questions about the explorer's motivations and presenting a controversial theory about where, exactly, Columbus landed. Offering new perspectives on Caribbean prehistory to both scholars and general readers, the book ends with the Spaniards' arrival and the Lucayans' demise.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Keegan, W. F. (1992). The people who discovered Columbus: the prehistory of the Bahamas . University Press of Florida.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Keegan, William F., 1955-. 1992. The People Who Discovered Columbus: The Prehistory of the Bahamas. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Keegan, William F., 1955-. The People Who Discovered Columbus: The Prehistory of the Bahamas Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1992.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Keegan, W. F. (1992). The people who discovered columbus: the prehistory of the bahamas. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Keegan, William F. The People Who Discovered Columbus: The Prehistory of the Bahamas University Press of Florida, 1992.
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