Pre-Columbian jadeitite artifacts from the Golden Rock Site, St. Eustatius, Lesser Antilles, with special reference to jadeitite artifacts from Elliot's, Antigua: Implications for potential source regions and long-distance exchange networks in the Greater Caribbean

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3153-3169

  Garcia Casco, Antonio ^a,b,c   Knippenberg, Sebastiaan ^d   Rodríguez Ramos, Reniel ^e   Harlow, George E ^c   Hofman, Corinne ^d   Pomo, José Carlos ^a   Blanco Quintero, Idael F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Exchange networks; Jade; Jadeitite; Pre Columbian artifacts

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY MINERAL; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAWSONITE; MELANGE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PHLOGOPITE; POINT SOURCE; PROVENANCE; TOOL USE; TRADE FLOW;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; SAINT EUSTATIUS;

EID: 84877881878     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.03.025     Document Type: Article

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