American archaeological expeditions to Cuba related with Museo Antropológico Montané

Summary

At the beginning of the twentieth century several American archaeological expeditions were made to Cuba. The Museo Antropológico Montané from the University of Havana was the mediating institution for academic exchange. They were conducted to explore, excavate and treasuring pieces. The description of these expeditions is the goal of this work. In 1900, Stewart Culin, from the University of Pennsylvania, sought descendants of Aboriginal communities in the region of Baracoa and its observations were published at "The Indians of Cuba" two years later. Mark Harrington, from the Heye Foundation, excavated in various regions of Cuba and edited "Cuba before Columbus" in 1921. The last expedition, in the late nineties, was to learn about the collections in the museum and organize the exhibition "Taíno Pre- Columbian Art and Culture from the Caribbean ", in the city of New York, made in 1997. In these tasks participated archaeologists, formed with the support of foundations and universities, namely the Smithsonian Institution, Yale and Pittsburgh University and Museo del Barrio in New York, among others. The contributions made by the specialists were, to define periodization and classification of pre-Hispanic cultures that inhabited the island.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)

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