The Carriacou Ecodynamics Archaeology Project: First Results of Geophysical Survey and Landscape Archaeology at the Sabazan Site, The Grenadines
| Autor: | Laura Termes, Kelsey M. Lowe, Christina M. Giovas, Michiel Kappers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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010506 paleontology
Archeology History Caribbean island 060102 archaeology Ecology location.country 06 humanities and the arts Oceanography 01 natural sciences Archaeology Coastal erosion location Geography Geophysical survey (archaeology) 0601 history and archaeology Grenadines Landscape history Landscape archaeology Island ecology Historical ecology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 15:421-435 |
| ISSN: | 1556-1828 1556-4894 |
| Popis: | The Caribbean island of Carriacou is notable for its recurrent drought, paucity of large, native land animals, and well-developed bank and barrier reef system. These environmental conditions presented challenges and opportunities to the Amerindians, Europeans, and enslaved Africans who settled here through time. While available evidence suggests human presence has altered island ecology through agriculture, deforestation, erosion, species introductions, and extinction, overall human ecodynamics remain poorly understood. In 2018, the Carriacou Ecodynamics Archaeology Project (CEAP) initiated a field program investigating long-term human-environment interaction to reconstruct Carriacou’s landscape history. The CEAP seeks to develop high-resolution records for anthropogenic habitat modification and change in biotic communities from initial Amerindian settlement (ca. AD 400) through the colonial period (1740s–1974) up to the present. Pilot investigations comprising pedestrian survey, test pitting, site mapping, and geophysical survey targeted the coastal archaeological site Sabazan, where ca. 1,600 years of pre- and post-contact settlement are recorded. Here, we present the results of this first field season, demonstrating the potential of geophysical survey approaches in the Caribbean and the need for renewed, focused attention to Carriacou’s archaeological resources which are being rapidly lost due to coastal erosion. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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