The Connected Caribbean A socio-material network approach to patterns of homogeneity and diversity in the pre-colonial period

• Main Author: Mol, Angus A.A (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden Sidestone Press 2014
• Subjects: Archaeology; Caribbean archaeology; network theory; exchange; material culture; social networks; island archaeology
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

The modern-day Caribbean is a stunningly diverse but also intricately interconnected geo-cultural region, resulting partly from the islands' shared colonial histories and an increasingly globalizing economy. Perhaps more importantly, before the encounter between the New and Old World took place...