Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
In December of 1973 the writer conducted an archaeological
reconnaissance of the Bahamian islands of Eleuthera, Harbor Island
and St. George's Cay. A total of fifteen open village sites were
found along the lee shore of Eleuthera. A surface collection was
made at each site and a stratigraphic pit was dug at one site, El-8.
Analysis of the artifacts recovered indicated that the
Bahamian Arawaks possessed a cultural system distinct from other
Arawak populations,- which was specifically adapted to the Bahamian
environment. Four ceramic types were isolated and defined within
the Palmetto ceramic complex.
Examination of the data pertinent to settlement and community
patterning suggested a culture possessing little stratification and
an economic system less productive than that of the Antillian Arawak.
reconnaissance of the Bahamian islands of Eleuthera, Harbor Island
and St. George's Cay. A total of fifteen open village sites were
found along the lee shore of Eleuthera. A surface collection was
made at each site and a stratigraphic pit was dug at one site, El-8.
Analysis of the artifacts recovered indicated that the
Bahamian Arawaks possessed a cultural system distinct from other
Arawak populations,- which was specifically adapted to the Bahamian
environment. Four ceramic types were isolated and defined within
the Palmetto ceramic complex.
Examination of the data pertinent to settlement and community
patterning suggested a culture possessing little stratification and
an economic system less productive than that of the Antillian Arawak.
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