General History of the Caribbean Volume I: Autochthonous Societies
Volume 1 of the General History of the Caribbean relates to the history of the origins of the earliest Caribbean people, and analyses their various political, social, cultural and economic organizations over time. This volume investigates the movement of
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General History of the Caribbean Volume I Autochthonous Societies
Editor: Jalil Sued-Badillo
palgrave macmillan
UNESCO Publishing
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CONTENTS
Preface Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO (1987-1999)
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Description of the Project Professor Sir Roy Augier
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List of Contributors
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List of Tables
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Plates.
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Introduction jalil Sued-Badillo. 1 2
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Ethnohistorical research in the Hispanic Caribbean jalil Sued-Badillo . The physical environment: biogeographical teleconnections in Caribbean prehistory Francisco Watlington
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The first Caribbean people: Part I: the Palaeoindians in Cuba and the circum-Caribbean jose M. Guarch-Delmonte. Part II: The Archaics A. Gus Pantel
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Agricultural societies in the continental Caribbean Arie Boomert.
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Agricultural societies in the Caribbean: The Lesser Antilles Louis Allaire .
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Agricultural s
