Caribbean Archaeology

Catalog description

Students are introduced to the archaeology and ethnohistory of the Caribbean Islands; the region where the Old World violently encountered the New World in AD 1492. The general approach is historical and chronological. This course is divided into two broad sections covering the prehistoric and historic periods of the region. The encounter between Europe and the region's native inhabitants proved catastrophic for the later. The region than became central to the world economy through slave labor and the production of luxury for world markets.