Excavations at the Tutu site represent a dramatic chapter in the annals of Caribbean archaeological excavation. The site was discovered in 1990 during the initial site clearing for a shopping mall in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The site was excavated with the assistance of a team of professional archaeologists and volunteers. Utilizing resources and funds donated by the local scientific communities, the project employed a multidisciplinary sampling strategy designed to recover material for analysis by experts in fields such as anthropology, archaeology, palaeobotany, zooarchaeology, bioarchaeology, palaeopathology and photo imaging. This volume reports the results of these various applied analytical techniques laying a solid foundation for future comparative studies of prehistoric Caribbean human populations and cultures.
Author(s): Elizabeth Righter
Series: Interpreting the Remains of the Past, V. 2
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 414
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 10
List of tables......Page 16
List of contributors......Page 18
Introduction to the series......Page 21
Foreword......Page 22
Preface......Page 27
Acknowledgments......Page 31
INTRODUCTION......Page 36
BACKGROUND OF RESEARCH AND SAMPLE COLLECTION AT THE TUTU SITE......Page 44
ANALYSIS OF CHARRED BOTANICAL REMAINS FROM THE TUTU SITE......Page 144
PHYTOLITHIC REMAINS FROM THE TUTU SITE......Page 170
FAUNAL REMAINS FROM THE TUTU SITE......Page 176
TUTU POTTERY AND CERAMIC CHRONOLOGY......Page 201
INVESTIGATION OF CERAMIC VARIABILITY AT THE TUTU SITE THROUGH ACID-EXTRACTION ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS......Page 234
BIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION IN THE PREHISTORIC CARIBBEAN: OSTEOLOGY AND BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF THE TUTU SITE......Page 244
THE TUTU TEETH:ASSESSING PREHISTORIC HEALTH AND LIFEWAY FROM ST THOMAS......Page 265
TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSES OF SKELETAL REMAINS AND ASSOCIATED SOILS FROM THE TUTU SITE......Page 285
BONE ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS AND PREHISTORIC DIET AT THE TUTU SITE......Page 298
FLAKED STONE ARTIFACTS FROM THE TUTU SITE......Page 309
POST HOLE PATTERNS:STRUCTURES, CHRONOLOGY AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AT THE TUTU SITE......Page 319
SITE ANALYSIS......Page 377
Bibliographic references......Page 390
Index......Page 410
