Reevaluating human colonization of the Caribbean using chronometric hygiene and Bayesian modeling
| Autor: | Matthew Napolitano, Brian G. Lane, Nicholas P. Jew, Jessica H. Stone, Maureece J. Levin, Robert J. DiNapoli, Scott M. Fitzpatrick, John T. O’Connor |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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010506 paleontology
West Indies media_common.quotation_subject Population Bayesian inference 01 natural sciences law.invention law Hygiene Human settlement Humans 0601 history and archaeology Colonization Radiocarbon dating education History Ancient Research Articles 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common education.field_of_study Multidisciplinary 060102 archaeology Radiometric Dating SciAdv r-articles Bayes Theorem 06 humanities and the arts Emigration and Immigration Archaeology Body Remains Geography Anthropology Mainland Settlement (litigation) Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Science Advances |
| ISSN: | 2375-2548 |
| Popis: | Bayesian-modeled colonization estimates demonstrate episodic dispersals into the Caribbean that support the southward route hypothesis. Human settlement of the Caribbean represents the only example in the Americas of peoples colonizing islands that were not visible from surrounding mainland areas or other islands. Unfortunately, many interpretive models have relied on radiocarbon determinations that do not meet standard criteria for reporting because they lack critical information or sufficient provenience, often leading to specious interpretations. We have collated 2484 radiocarbon determinations, assigned them to classes based on chronometric hygiene criteria, and constructed Bayesian colonization models of the acceptable determinations to examine patterns of initial settlement. Colonization estimates for 26 islands indicate that (i) the region was settled in two major population dispersals that likely originated from South America; (ii) colonists reached islands in the northern Antilles before the southern islands; and (iii) the results support the southward route hypothesis and refute the “stepping-stone model.” |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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