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Anacaona’s gift
Cotton and the woven arts of the 11th to 17th century CaribbeanIn the spring of 1497, the Hispaniolan cacica (chieftess) Anacaona presented Columbus’ brother, Adelantado (Governor) Bartolomé Colón, with a lavish assortment of Indigenous wealth, including both woven textiles and balls of spun cotton, “so large that a man could hardly lift them.” These had been stored among the cacical reserves, held in readiness for distribution in ways deemed useful to the chiefs and their communities – from spun cotton for artisanal commissions, to finished objects being offered in tribute or circulated to establish or augment political influence. Anacaona’s gift, and other such exchanges referenced by the early cronistas (historians), hint at the importance of women in the production and distribution of cotton objects such as hammocks, naguas (women’s skirts) and valuables including belts, body ornaments and headdresses – quite literarily the ‘social fabrics’ that brought comfort, reflected status and bound people and their ancestors in fine weaves. But these woven creations, made from perishable materials, have all but disappeared from the archaeological record, and so also from studies of the Caribbean past. Early Spanish accounts underscore the absence of ‘clothing’ (in the European sense) among the Indigenous Caribbean populations, blind to what constituted dress according to Indigenous standards. Quite simply, these aspects have combined to hinder consideration of the importance of cotton and basketry traditions in people’s day to day lives. In efforts to understand this artistic heritage, this volume brings together the material culture now widely dispersed in international museum collections, from rare survivors of the woven arts to the tools used in textile production to recent finds at archaeological and waterlogged sites; it explores depictions of woven ornaments on sculpture and interrogates early cronista accounts for reference to Indigenous cotton goods. Anacaona’s Gift is the first book dedicated to the study of the Indigenous cotton artistry of the Caribbean during the 11th to 17th centuries, exploring both traditional manufacture and weaves as well as how these transitioned and morphed into new forms of production during the turbulent years post-1492.
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Anacaona’s gift
Cotton and the woven arts of the 11th to 17th century CaribbeanIn the spring of 1497, the Hispaniolan cacica (chieftess) Anacaona presented Columbus’ brother, Adelantado (Governor) Bartolomé Colón, with a lavish assortment of Indigenous wealth, including both woven textiles and balls of spun cotton, “so large that a man could hardly lift them.” These had been stored among the cacical reserves, held in readiness for distribution in ways deemed useful to the chiefs and their communities – from spun cotton for artisanal commissions, to finished objects being offered in tribute or circulated to establish or augment political influence. Anacaona’s gift, and other such exchanges referenced by the early cronistas (historians), hint at the importance of women in the production and distribution of cotton objects such as hammocks, naguas (women’s skirts) and valuables including belts, body ornaments and headdresses – quite literarily the ‘social fabrics’ that brought comfort, reflected status and bound people and their ancestors in fine weaves. But these woven creations, made from perishable materials, have all but disappeared from the archaeological record, and so also from studies of the Caribbean past. Early Spanish accounts underscore the absence of ‘clothing’ (in the European sense) among the Indigenous Caribbean populations, blind to what constituted dress according to Indigenous standards. Quite simply, these aspects have combined to hinder consideration of the importance of cotton and basketry traditions in people’s day to day lives. In efforts to understand this artistic heritage, this volume brings together the material culture now widely dispersed in international museum collections, from rare survivors of the woven arts to the tools used in textile production to recent finds at archaeological and waterlogged sites; it explores depictions of woven ornaments on sculpture and interrogates early cronista accounts for reference to Indigenous cotton goods. Anacaona’s Gift is the first book dedicated to the study of the Indigenous cotton artistry of the Caribbean during the 11th to 17th centuries, exploring both traditional manufacture and weaves as well as how these transitioned and morphed into new forms of production during the turbulent years post-1492.
€ 120,00 -
Lucayan Legacies
Indigenous lifeways in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos IslandsThis book is about Lucayan legacies – the heritage of the people who made the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands (the Lucayan archipelago) their home from the 8th to the 16th centuries. This legacy is not simply the surviving physical record, consisting of artefacts of stone, shell and wood – it is a history entangled in the early antiquarian and archaeological interests in the region, resulting in the museum and institutional collections both within and beyond the islands. Many of the collections now in museums were acquired between 1850 and 1950, before professional archaeology emerged as a field in the region, and are largely unknown even to many archaeologists working in the Bahamas and the wider Caribbean, let alone to local island communities and the wider public. In drawing together this widely dispersed corpus, this comprehensive, richly illustrated study aims to foreground the material culture of the Lucayans, making it more accessible and reinstating it as an important part of the region’s archaeological heritage. Development on the islands dating back to the 17th century has resulted in the loss of much of the earlier heritage, with a rate of destruction that has only increased in recent decades as a result of both human activity but also global climate change, seeing rising sea levels and ever-more violent storms. In this context, it is important to take stock of the islands’ surviving Lucayan heritage, and integrate it back into the narratives of the past. Many of the most elaborate artefacts ever found on the islands – including a number of wood carvings – have not been recovered from archaeological excavations, but rather as a result of early guano mining and cave exploration. This has led to them often being marginalised, reinforcing an impression of a comparatively ‘simple’ Lucayan society. A central tenet of the book is that this impression is mistaken, and that the Lucayans had a rich material culture and were active participants in social, economic and political exchanges with the larger islands of the Greater Antilles. By integrating these legacy collections with a historiography of archaeological investigation in the region, the volume addresses topics ranging from the first occupations on the islands, to an island-by-island review of finds and settlements, and a consideration of Lucayan lifeways. Further, it explores some of the new directions this heritage is taking through the work of contemporary Bahamian and TCI artists.
€ 65,00 -
Lucayan Legacies
Indigenous lifeways in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos IslandsThis book is about Lucayan legacies – the heritage of the people who made the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands (the Lucayan archipelago) their home from the 8th to the 16th centuries. This legacy is not simply the surviving physical record, consisting of artefacts of stone, shell and wood – it is a history entangled in the early antiquarian and archaeological interests in the region, resulting in the museum and institutional collections both within and beyond the islands. Many of the collections now in museums were acquired between 1850 and 1950, before professional archaeology emerged as a field in the region, and are largely unknown even to many archaeologists working in the Bahamas and the wider Caribbean, let alone to local island communities and the wider public. In drawing together this widely dispersed corpus, this comprehensive, richly illustrated study aims to foreground the material culture of the Lucayans, making it more accessible and reinstating it as an important part of the region’s archaeological heritage. Development on the islands dating back to the 17th century has resulted in the loss of much of the earlier heritage, with a rate of destruction that has only increased in recent decades as a result of both human activity but also global climate change, seeing rising sea levels and ever-more violent storms. In this context, it is important to take stock of the islands’ surviving Lucayan heritage, and integrate it back into the narratives of the past. Many of the most elaborate artefacts ever found on the islands – including a number of wood carvings – have not been recovered from archaeological excavations, but rather as a result of early guano mining and cave exploration. This has led to them often being marginalised, reinforcing an impression of a comparatively ‘simple’ Lucayan society. A central tenet of the book is that this impression is mistaken, and that the Lucayans had a rich material culture and were active participants in social, economic and political exchanges with the larger islands of the Greater Antilles. By integrating these legacy collections with a historiography of archaeological investigation in the region, the volume addresses topics ranging from the first occupations on the islands, to an island-by-island review of finds and settlements, and a consideration of Lucayan lifeways. Further, it explores some of the new directions this heritage is taking through the work of contemporary Bahamian and TCI artists.
€ 180,00 -
Real, Recent, or Replica
Precolumbian Caribbean Heritage As Art, Commodity, and InspirationExamines the largely unexplored topics in Caribbean archaeology of looting of heritage sites, fraudulent artifacts, and illicit trade of archaeological materials. This is the first book-length study of its kind to highlight the increasing commodification of Caribbean Precolumbian heritage.
€ 77,50 -
Iconography and Wetsite Archaeology of Florida’s Watery Realms
Beginning with Frank Hamilton Cushing's excavations at Key Marco, a diverse collection of animal carvings, dugout canoes, and other wooden objects has been uncovered from Florida's watery landscapes. This volume explores new discoveries and reexamines existing artifacts to reveal the role of water in the lives of Florida's early inhabitants.
€ 99,95