Archaeological Re-Survey, Contemporary Bahamian Cemeteries, Lucayan Prehistory, and Heritage Management
Author(s): Michael Pateman; Perry Gnivecki; Ilya Buynevich
Year: 2015
Summary
In 2013, under the auspices of the Bahamas Antiquities, Monuments, and Museums Corporation, a re-survey of known prehistoric Lucayan sites on the island of Eleuthera was conducted in order to assess coastal storm surge and hurricane damage. In addition, two sites were subjected to test excavations in order to recover carbonized material suitable for carbon-14 dating. ground penetrating radar (GPR) was used to identify subsurface features. Both sites, were partially covered by contemporary Bahamian cemeteries, which respectfully were not subjected to excavation. The juxtaposition of heritage management assessment, modern cemeteries, the use of GPR, and community interaction will be discussed.
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Archaeological Re-Survey, Contemporary Bahamian Cemeteries, Lucayan Prehistory, and Heritage Management. Perry Gnivecki, Michael Pateman, Ilya Buynevich. Presented at The 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California. 2015 ( tDAR id: 397918)
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Keywords
General
Bahamas
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Heritage Management
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Lucayan Prehistory
Geographic Keywords
Caribbean
Spatial Coverage
min long: -90.747; min lat: 3.25 ; max long: -48.999; max lat: 27.683 ;