Interpreting Lesser Antillean Island Domestic and Ritual Practices through Household and Ceramic Analysis at the Goddard Site, Barbados
Author(s): Harley Biggs; Steven Hackenberger; Karisa Terry
Year: 2023
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Biggs analyzed data collected by Hackenberger and others in 1986 during an archaeological rescue on the Goddard Site, Barbados, West Indies. For this study, students redeveloped ceramic and shell spatial datasets, compiled site maps, and rendered new computer maps of house features and artifact distributions. The semi-circular house (with hearths and postholes) is approximately 14 meters in diameter. A burial feature in the house, containing a young adult woman and related artifacts, was also reexamined. We measured and classified 360 pottery rims associated with the Troumassoid assemblage. Samples of ceramics, bone, and charcoal are radiocarbon dated. These results add to the anthropological understanding of both domestic and ritual practices 1000 years ago.
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Interpreting Lesser Antillean Island Domestic and Ritual Practices through Household and Ceramic Analysis at the Goddard Site, Barbados. Harley Biggs, Steven Hackenberger, Karisa Terry. Presented at The 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2023 ( tDAR id: 474724)
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Keywords
General
Archaic
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Ceramic Analysis
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Household Archaeology
Geographic Keywords
Caribbean
Spatial Coverage
min long: -90.747; min lat: 3.25 ; max long: -48.999; max lat: 27.683 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 36800.0