Guadeloupe (State / Territory) (Geographic Keyword)
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PHYTOLITH AND STARCH ANALYSIS AT AMERINDIAN SITE, MOULIN À EAU, CAPESTERRE-BELLE-EAU, GUADELOUPE ARCHIPELAGO, LEEWARD ISLANDS, LESSER ANTILLES (2011)
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Four stratigraphic column samples from an Amerindian village located on the island of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles, were submitted for phytolith analysis. Evidence for the earliest phase of occupation at Moulin à Eau village site dates to c. AD 700 - 800 and the latest phase dates to c. AD 1200. Currently, it is unknown whether there was either a hiatus or continuous occupation of the site until colonial settlement. Christopher Columbus was the first European to reach Guadeloupe in...