Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Ramcharan, Shaku Renne
Author's Email Address	gneisser_99@yahoo.com
URN	etd-04052004-100841
Title	Caribbean Prehistoric Domestic Architecture: A Study in Spatio-Temporal Dynamics and Acculturation
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	Anthropology, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Rochelle A. Marrinan Committee Chair Glen H. Doran Committee Member Michael K. Faught Committee Member
Keywords	St. Eustatius House Barbados St. Thomas Settlement Household Demography Form Evolution Maloca Bohio Caney Taíno
Date of Defense	2004-03-24
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The study of settlement geography, demography and social behavior in the prehistoric Carib and Taíno societies of the Caribbean has recently become a prominent domain of interest to archaeologists working in these islands. Archaeological floor plans for prehistoric houses within the islands of St. Eustatius, Barbados, St. Thomas, Cuba and Puerto Rico demonstrate the cultural continuity of house shape, settlement organization and social organization from the early Saladoid to the contact period. These data support a model of Taíno settlements with multiple house forms, not only the bohio and caney forms recorded after contact, but oval and rectangular forms that indicate a social hierarchy and an indigenous origin for the complex settlement organization revealed in archaeological excavation.
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