The paso del indio site (VB-4), Puerto Rico: A site for change-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The paso del indio site (VB-4), Puerto Rico: A site for change

Published:2022-06-16 Issue:3 Volume:43 Page:230-248
ISSN:0197-6931
Container-title:North American Archaeologist
language:en
Short-container-title:North American Archaeologist

Author:

Barnes Mark R^ORCID

Abstract

The Paso del Indio site, discovered and partially mitigated in the midst of a major highway construction project, is the largest and deepest stratified, multi-component prehistoric site found to date on the island of Puerto Rico, and likely the entire Greater Antilles. The site exhibits a number of cultural occupation levels, separated by the deposition of sterile soil levels. This circumstance created a stratigraphic sequence of thousands of years of occupation, over 5 meters deep, representing the four prehistoric culture history periods known for Puerto Rico, as defined in the 1950s. This article is a summary of the work accomplished on this site thus far, analysis of selected material culture, and recent contributions of the site to Caribbean archaeology.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Archeology,Archeology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/01976931221102981

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