{"product_id":"blood-is-thicker-than-water-9789088900716","title":"Blood is thicker than water","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis study represents a contribution to the pre-Colonial  archaeology of the Windward Islands in the Caribbean. The  research aimed to determine how the Ceramic Age (c. 400 BC - AD  1492) Amerindian inhabitants of the region related to one another  and others at various geographic scales, with a view to better  understanding social interaction and organisation within the  Windward Islands as well the integration of this region within  the macro-region. This research approached the study of intra-  and inter-island interaction and social development through an  island-by-island study of some 640 archaeological sites and their  ceramic assemblages. Besides providing insight into settlement  sequences, patterns and micro-mobility through time, it also  highlighted various configurations of sites spread across  different islands that were united by shared ceramic (decorative)  traits. These configurations were more closely examined by taking  recourse to graph-theory. \u003cbr\u003e By extending the comparative scope of this research to the  Greater Antilles and the South American mainland, possible  material cultural influences from more distant regions could be  suggested. While Windward Island communities certainly developed  a localised material cultural identity, they remained open to a  host of wide-ranging influences outside the Windward Island  micro-region. As such, rather than representing a cultural  backwater operating in the periphery of a burgeoning Taíno  empire, it is argued that Windward Island communities actively  and flexibly realigned themselves with several mainland South  American societies in Late Ceramic Age times (c. AD 700-1500),  forging and maintaining significant ties and exchange  relationships.\u003cbr\u003e Alistair Bright was a member of the Caribbean Research Group at  Leiden University from 2003 to 2010 and participated in numerous  archaeological surveys and excavations in the Caribbean during  that time. His research interests include the archaeology,  ethnohistory and ethnography of the Caribbean and South America,  as well as the archaeology of island societies throughout the  world in general.","brand":"Sidestone Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51047071646039,"sku":"9789088900716","price":32.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9789088900716.jpg?v=1750970157","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/blood-is-thicker-than-water-9789088900716","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}