What is the Caribbean?: An archaeological perspective

Abstract

The Caribbean as a culture area has traditionally been limited to the Antilles and northeastern South America. This geo-cultural construct has thus served to alienate the Antillean chain from other surrounding continental regions that are also bathed by this body of water. Evidence recently recovered from the Antilles of jade circulation that indicates long-term macro-regional interactions across the Caribbeanscape will be presented. These data will be used to show the limitations imposed the current configuration of the Caribbean culture area and to propose the consideration of the Greater Caribbean as a geohistorical area of study.

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