A holistic provenance and microwear study of pre-colonial jade objects from the virgin islands: unravelling mobility networks in the wider caribbean

Autor: Knaf, Alice C.S., Falci, Catarina Guzzo, Habiba, Toftgaard, Casper J., Koornneef, Janne M., van Gijn, Annelou, Brandes, Ulrik, Hofman, Corinne L., Davies, Gareth R.
Zdroj: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports; 20210101, Issue: Preprints
Abstrakt: •Novel application of a minimally invasive portable laser ablation sampling device with subsequent low-blank geochemical analyses.•A trace element and multi-isotopic geochemical analysis of pre-colonial jade artefacts recovered from the Virgin Islands.•Typo-technological and microwear study of jade artefacts from Ceramic Age settlements on St. Croix.•Predictive modelling of artefact provenance based on trace elements by applying a binary logistic regression method.•Artefacts from Ceramic Age sites on St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John include Guatemalan, Cuban and DR material.•Evidence of large scale (> 3000 km) pre-colonial mobility networks in the Greater Caribbean.
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