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The book contains papers read at the conference West African archaeology, New developments, New perspectives, co-sponsored by the Nigerian Field Society and the Department of Archaeology of the University of Sheffield, with the support of the Universitys Humanities Research Institute, was held at the HRI in Sheffield on 27 June 2009. They are a testimony to the fact that - for all the constraints imposed upon it - archaeological research in West Africa continues to be pursued actively and to make a significant contribution to the subject in the continent as a whole. Contents: Introduction...

Much of Jamaican prehistoric research like that in the rest of the Caribbean basin has been guided by at least a subconscious attempt to allow prehistoric native peoples to find their places within the charts established by Irving Rouse, who guided Caribbean research for much of the last half-century. The pre-Columbian peoples of Jamaica, and not merely their material culture, are beginning to take form, revealing their lifestyles and rituals, and taking their rightful place among the cultures of the New World.Pre-Columbian Jamaica represents the first substantial attempt to summarize...