Archaeology |ˌärkēˈäləjē|
Archaeology is the study of human history through excavation and analysis of material remains. It is a subfield of anthropology, which is the study of humankind. The four subfields of anthropology are archaeology, cultural (or social) anthropology, linguistics and biological anthropology. This is not the study of dinosaurs.
Archaeology is being done extensively throughout The Bahamas, as it has been for decades. Here, we hope to bring awareness of some of these projects and ongoing studies.
Six centuries of adaptation to a challenging island environment: AMS 14C dating and stable isotopic analysis of pre-Columbian human remains from the Bahamian archipelago reveal dietary trends. Schulting, et. al. 2021. Quaternary Science Reviews.
Child labor in Saladoid St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. (300–500 CE). William F. Keegan, Lisabeth A. Carlson, Kelly M. Delancy, David Hayes. 2019. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 53: 222-228.
Faces Divulge the Origins of Caribbean Prehistoric Inhabitants. Ross, Ann H., William F. Keegan, Michael P. Pateman & Colleen B.Young. 2020. Scientific Reports.
The Bahama Archipelago. Berman, Mary Jane, Perry L. Gnivecki and Michael P. Pateman. 2013. In The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Archaeology, edited by William F. Keegan, Corinne L. Hofman and Reniel Rodriguez Ramos, 264 – 280. New York: Oxford University Press.
Lucayan-Taino burials from Preacher’s Cave, Eleuthera, Bahamas. Schaffer, et al. 2012. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 22(1):45-69.
The Lucayans and their World. Berman, Mary Jane. 2011. In Proceedings of the 14th Symposium on the Natural History of The Bahamas, 151-172. Gerace Research Center.
Good as Gold: The Aesthetic Brilliance of the Lucayans. Berman, Mary Jane. 2011. In Islands at the Crossroads: Migration, Seafaring, and Interaction in the Caribbean, edited by L. Antonio Curet and Mark W. Hauser, 104-134.
At the Crossroads: Starch Grain and Phytolith Analyses in Lucayan Prehistory. Berman, Mary Jane and Deborah M. Pearsall. 2008. p. 181-203.
Plants, People, and Culture in Prehistoric Central Bahamas: A View from the Three Dog Site, an Early Lucayan Settlement on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Berman, Mary Jane and Deborah M. Pearsall. 2000. Latin American Antiquity 11 (3): 219-239.
Impressions of a Lost Technology: A Study of Lucayan-Taino Basketry. Berman, Mary Jane and Charlene Dixon Hutcheson. 2000. Journal of Field Archaeology 27 (4): 417-435.
Form and Function of Bipolar Lithic Artifacts from the Three Dog Site, San Salvador, Bahamas. Berman, Mary Jane, April K. Sievert and Thomas R. Whyte. 1999. Latin American Antiquity 10 (4): 415-432.
The Colonization of the Bahama Archipelago: A reappraisal. Berman, Mary Jane, and Perry L. Gnivecki. 1995. World Archaeology 26 (3): 421-41.
The Cultural Position of the Bahamas in Caribbean Archaeology. Granberry, Julian. 1956. American Antiquity, 22(2): 128-134.