The Tutu Archaeological Village Site: A Multi-disciplinary Case Study in Human Adaptation

by Righter,Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9780415239905
• ISBN10: 0415239907
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Excavations at the Tutu site in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands represent a dramatic chapter in the annals of Caribbean archaeological excavation. Experts in such fields as anthropology, archaeology, palaeobotany, and zooarchaeology have analyzed materials recovered from the excavation. This volume reports the results of their analysis, focusing on techniques for understanding human adaptive strategies during 1,300 years of site occupation.

Table of Contents

List of figures	ix
List of tables	xv
List of contributors	xvii
Introduction to the series	xx
Foreword	xxi
Preface	xxvi
Acknowledgments	xxx
Introduction	1	(8)
Background of research and sample collection at the tutu site	9	(100)
Elizabeth Righter
Analysis of charred botanical remains from the Tutu site	109	(26)
Deborah M. Pearsall
Phytolithic remains from the Tutu site	135	(6)
Dolores Piperno
Faunal remains from the Tutu site	141	(25)
Elizabeth S. Wing
Susan D. deFrance
Laura Kozuch
Tutu pottery and ceramic chronology	166	(33)
Emily R. Lundberg
Investigation of ceramic variability at the Tutu site through acid-extraction elemental analysis	199	(10)
Emily R. Lundberg
James H. Burton
Warren C. Lynn
Biological adaptation in the prehistoric caribbean: Osteology and bioarchaeology of the Tutu site	209	(21)
Mary K. Sandford
Georgieann Bogdan
Grace E. Kissling
The Tutu teeth: Assessing prehistoric health and lifeway from St thomas	230	(20)
Clark Spencer Larsen
Mark F. Teaford
Mary K. Sandford
Trace element analyses of skeletal remains and associated soils from the Tutu site	250	(13)
Julie F. Farnum
Mary K. Sandford
Bone isotopic analysis and prehistoric diet at the Tutu site	263	(11)
Lynette Norr
Flaked stone artifacts from the Tutu site	274	(10)
Dave Davis
Post hole patterns: Structures, chronology and spatial distribution at the Tutu site	284	(58)
Elizabeth Righter
Site analysis	342	(13)
Elizabeth Righter
Bibliographic references	355	(20)
Index	375