Indo-Hispanic Dynamics: From Contact to Colonial Interaction in the Greater Antilles

Rojas, Roberto Valcárcel; Samson, Alice; Hoogland, Menno L. P.

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“…Building upon the work of other Caribbean historians, ethnographers, and archaeologists that foregrounded the materiality of the encounter (Crosby 1972 ; Hofman and Keehnen 2019 ; Hofman et al. 2014 ; Mann 2011 ; Oliver 2009 ; Ortiz 1995 ; Ostapkowicz 2018 ; Valcárcel Rojas, Samson, and Hoogland 2013 ), one of the aims here is to further our understanding of these entanglements. In particular, this study proposes an entanglement and network approach as a way to construct better informed micro to macro histories in early colonial settings (Hodder and Mol 2016 ).…”

Section: A Materials Encountermentioning

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The roots of the Columbian Exchange: an entanglement and network approach to early Caribbean encounter transactions

Keehnen

Mol

2020

The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

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The colonization of the Caribbean initiated a process of entanglement of people, goods, and ideas between the “New” and “Old World,” which is popularly referred to as the Columbian Exchange. This paper seeks to highlight the multiscalar and material underpinnings of this process of global importance by tracing it to its roots: the earliest encounters between the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean and European colonists. We present a database, based on key Spanish historical sources, which catalogs all references to the transaction of objects between Amerindians and Europeans from AD 1492–1497. We furthermore argue for the need of a framework that is able to connect, explore, and track the structural materiality of things in encounter events. For this we suggest a combination of entanglement theory with network and substantive analyses. This multiscalar theoretical and methodological framework shows how a diverse and contextually specific network of humans and things arose in tandem with European and Amerindian attempts to establish, manipulate, and contest ties of significant personal and historical interest.

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Section: A Materials Encountermentioning

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The roots of the Columbian Exchange: an entanglement and network approach to early Caribbean encounter transactions

Keehnen

Mol

2020

The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

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“…A detailed analysis of the calibrated radiocarbon dates, including the use of Bayesian modeling, suggests that the dates are concentrated in the contact or early colonial period (Bayliss et al 2012; Valcarcel Rojas 2016:194). Additional evidence that many of the burials date to this period includes the widespread presence of domestic pig ( Sus scrofa ) bones, European pottery, and metal artifacts recovered from graves (Valcárcel Rojas 2016), in addition to the extended supine (Christian-style) placement of the body for many of the burials (Valcárcel Rojas 2012; Valcárcel Rojas et al 2011, 2013).…”

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“…In addition, the lack of secure chronological indicators of precontact burials, the diverse ethnic and geographical origins observed in the mortuary population (Valcárcel Rojas et al 2011), and taphonomic and demographic indicators that point to catastrophic mortality (Weston and Valcárcel Rojas 2016) suggest that the cemetery itself is predominantly a colonial phenomenon resulting from Indigenous–European interactions; however, the possibility that it could include a small nucleus of precolonial burials cannot be ruled out (Valcárcel Rojas 2016; Weston and Valcárcel Rojas 2016). The indigenous population of the site was rapidly incorporated into the Spanish system ( encomienda ) of forced labor in the first decades of the sixteenth century AD (Valcárcel Rojas 2012, 2016; Valcárcel Rojas et al 2013).…”

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Diverse and Dynamic Dietary Patterns in Early Colonial Cuba: New Insights from Multiple Isotope Analyses

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The European conquest and colonization of the Caribbean precipitated massive changes in indigenous cultures and societies of the region. One of the earliest changes was the introduction of new plant and animal foods and culinary traditions. This study presents the first archaeological reconstruction of indigenous diets and foodways in the Caribbean spanning the historical divide of 1492. We use multiple isotope datasets to reconstruct these diets and investigate the potential relationships between dietary and mobility patterns at multiple scales. Dietary patterns are assessed by isotope analyses of different skeletal elements from the archaeological skeletal population of El Chorro de Maíta, Cuba. This approach integrates carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of bone and dentine collagen with carbon and oxygen isotope analyses of bone and enamel apatite. The isotope results document extreme intrapopulation dietary heterogeneity but few systematic differences in diet between demographic/social groups. Comparisons with published isotope data from other precolonial and colonial period populations in the Caribbean indicate distinct dietary and subsistence practices at El Chorro de Maíta. The majority of the local population consumed more animal protein resources than other indigenous populations in the Caribbean, and their overall dietary patterns are more similar to colonial period enslaved populations than to indigenous ones.

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“…All these called for a more balanced representation with specific emphasis on the roles played by indigenous actors in shaping early colonial material culture. Since then, scholars have advocated the transculturation model, which highlights the bidirectional or multidirectional processes that were involved in the formation of diasporic cultures with entirely new and composite identities (Cusick, 1998;Deagan, 1998Deagan, , 2004Hofman and van Duijvenbode, 2011;Lightfoot, 1995;Valcárcel Rojas et al, 2013).…”

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Indigenous technologies and the production of early colonial ceramics in Dominican Republic

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This study sought to investigate the extent and processes through which indigenous technologies were passed on in the production of indigenous pottery in the Greater Antilles, the Caribbean, during the early colonial period in the late 15 th and early 16 th centuries AD.We examined a selection of black wares and red wares recovered from an early colonial archaeological site of Pueblo Viejo de Cotuí, Dominican Republic. We devised an integrated approach, which combined anthropological theory of cultural transmission and archaeological science. Thin-section petrography was used to characterise five main aspects of the production of the ceramic assemblage, including raw materials selection, paste preparation, forming, surface finish, and firing methods. We then compared the results with the analyses we had previously conducted on the production of pre-colonial Meillacoid and Chicoid ceramics, which allowed us to delineate the extent and processes of technology transmission. Our findings reveal that indigenous technologies were neither fully replicated nor discontinued in the production of black wares and red wares at Cotuí during the early colonial period. Instead, the producers of both black wares and red wares continued to use certain aspects of indigenous technologies, but each with varying extents. The black wares largely followed the local indigenous ways as expressed in the selection of local raw materials, low level of standardisation in paste preparation, the use of coiling and low firing temperatures. As for the red wares, it is certain that their production continued with the use of local raw materials and low firing temperatures, whereas it is possible that the use of grog temper and red slips also represents the transmission of indigenous technologies that were linked to roots other than the Meillac and Chican ceramics. Highlights• We examined a selection of early colonial black wares and red wares from Cotuí.• Petrography and cultural transmission theory was used to chart technology transfer.• There was some continuation of indigenous technologies but with modification.• Black wares production showed stronger local indigenous influences than red wares.

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Indo-Hispanic Dynamics: From Contact to Colonial Interaction in the Greater Antilles

Cited by 8 publications

References 14 publications

The roots of the Columbian Exchange: an entanglement and network approach to early Caribbean encounter transactions

The roots of the Columbian Exchange: an entanglement and network approach to early Caribbean encounter transactions

Diverse and Dynamic Dietary Patterns in Early Colonial Cuba: New Insights from Multiple Isotope Analyses

Indigenous technologies and the production of early colonial ceramics in Dominican Republic

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