Caribbean
Archaeology: University of Florida The website of the Caribbean Archaeology
Program at the Florida Museum of Natural History has four main components:
Field Research, Collections, the Bullen Bibliography of Caribbean Archaeology
and Public Education. It is an excellent site, with lots of photos and
information on recent research in the Caribbean. The website also includes
links to the Journal of Caribbean Archaeology, the Center for Historical
Archaeology, and the International Association For Caribbean Archaeology.
Journal of Caribbean
Archaeology The newly created e-Journal of Caribbean Archaeology addresses
archaeological research in the Caribbean region and provides a refereed
publication. This is the only academic venue devoted specifically to Caribbean
archaeology. The journal will be published initially three times a year
beginning in 1999, although quarterly issues will be considered if submissions
warrant. A book review section is under consideration but will not be implemented
until the journal has become established. The Journal of Caribbean Archaeology
is designed to be as widely disseminated as possible to encourage scholarship
and communication among the scattered practitioners of the archaeology
in the Caribbean and is free of charge.
Center for
Historical Archaeology Created in 1990 as a scientific non-profit organization,
the Center for Historical Archaeology provides archival research in French,
English, and Spanish archives, underwater wreck sites assessment and dating,
and cultural material analysis. The Center's director, John de Bry, is
an accomplished paleographer specializing in 16th, 17th, and 18th century
manuscript documents related to voyages of exploration, colonization, and
exploitation of the New World, as well as maritime traffic between the
Old Continent and the Americas, with an emphasis on the French colonial
period.
Historical Archaeology at
the Florida Museum of Natural History—The Florida museum’s archaeology
program has had ongoing projects focused on St. Augustine, Florida, since
1973, and in Hispaniola since 1979. The research sites and the collections
that have been accumulated have served to provide a continuum of Spanish
historical settlement in the Circum Caribbean region from 1492 until 1821.
The
International Association for Caribbean Archaeology (I.A.C.A.)The I.A.C.A.
is a group of professional and amateur archaeologists and interested individuals
from the Caribbean and overseas who work, or have an interest, in the archaeology
of the Caribbean region including the mainland. Following a first Congress
in Martinique in 1961, an Association was founded by the Rev. Pere Pinchon
and Dr. Jacques Petitjean Roget in 1962. It was formerly called the "International
Association for the Study of Pre-Columbian Cultures of the Lesser Antilles";
it was incorporated in 1985 and the name was changed to "The International
Association for Caribbean Archaeology". The corresponding titles in French
and Spanish are respectively "Association Internationale d'Archéologie
de la Caraïbe" (A.I.A.C.) and "Asociación Internacional de
Arqueología del Caribe" (A.I.A.C.).
Ouacabou, Archeologie dans les Antilles—The
Ouacabou association’s goals are the study and the promotion of Caribbean
archaeology. “Bibantilles” is a bibliographic database about Caribbean
history and prehistory. This site was designed with scholars and students
in mind.