Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index.
Contents:
The first settlers (ca. 8000-300 BC) -- New immigrants : the first ceramists (ca. 300 BC-AD 650/800) -- Late-prehistoric cultural change (ca. AD 650/800-1498) -- Amerindian culture and society in Trinidad and Tobago at the time of the encounter and thereafter -- The Amerindian-European struggle for Trinidad and Tobago (1498-1592) -- The Spanish-Amerindian frontier in Trinidad (1592-1686) -- European settlement and Amerindian response in Tobago (1592-ca. 1810) -- Mission villages in Spanish Trinidad (1686-1797) -- British colonization and Amerindian persistence in Trinidad (1797-present) -- Epilogue : the Amerindian heritage of Trinidad and Tobago -- Appendix : institutions and museums with significant archaeological holdings from Trinidad and Tobago.
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