Studying Pre-Columbian Interaction Networks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11729635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Angus A A Mol, Angus Mol (0000-0001-5448-3712, Leiden University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-07 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The Oxford handbook of Caribbean archaeology (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195392302.013.0097 |
| OpenAlex | W2624578988 |
| ISBN | 9780195392302 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
There is a single idea to which every Caribbean archaeologist has subscribed: The idea that the history of the indigenous Caribbean is best described from a network perspective, which is most successfully achieved by studying the mobility of its people and their exchange of material and immaterial cultures. This article examines the concepts of mobility and exchange as they have been used in Caribbean archaeology and how they could be used to an even greater effect in the future. First, it discusses the history of research and recent conceptual trends in the regional archaeology of mobility and exchange. Second, the article describes how the distinct materialities of the networks that created this highly interrelated pre-Columbian past could be studied through a single theoretical and analytical network approach. It regards “mobility” as a concept encompassing the range of motivations and types of movement of people at multiple scales
Conceptual framework · Economic geography · Geography · Indigenous · Mobilities · Perspective (graphical · Regional science · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Artificial Intelligence · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Computer Science · Cuban History and Society · Ecology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.44 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2020 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |