Archaeology of Early Colonial Interaction at El Chorro de Maita, Cuba Hardback
by Roberto Valcarcel Rojas
Part of the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series series
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During Spanish colonization of the Greater Antilles, the islands' natives were forced into labor under the encomienda system.
The indigenous people became ""Indios,"" their language, appearance, and identity transformed by the domination imposed by a foreign model that Christianized and ""civilized"" them.
Yet El Chorro de Maíta retained many of its indigenous characteristics. In this volume-one of the first in English to examine and document an archaeological site in Cuba-Roberto Valcárcel Rojas analyzes the construction of colonial authority and the various attitudes and responses of natives and other ethnic groups.
His pioneering study reveals the process of transculturation in which new individuals emerged-Indians, mestizos, criollos-and helps construct the vital link between the pre-Columbian world and the development of an integrated and new history.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:364 pages, 88 black & white figures, 30 tables
- Publisher:University Press of Florida
- Publication Date:30/10/2015
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- ISBN:9780813061566
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:364 pages, 88 black & white figures, 30 tables
- Publisher:University Press of Florida
- Publication Date:30/10/2015
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- ISBN:9780813061566
