Indo-Hispanic Dynamics: From Contact to Colonial Interaction in the Greater Antilles

International Journal of Historical Archaeology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-39

  Valcárcel Rojas, Roberto ^a,b   Samson, Alice V M ^b,c   Hoogland, Menno L P ^b  

^a Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Sismológicas   (Cuba)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonial interaction; Contact; Greater Antilles; Indo Hispanic; Transculturation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COLONIALISM; CULTURAL RELATIONS; ETHNIC GROUP;

CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

EID: 84873746507     PISSN: 10927697     EISSN: 15737748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10761-012-0208-8     Document Type: Review

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