The October Crisis Revisited

Some Archaeological and Anthropological Examples

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ID22326400
AuthorsHåkan Karlsson (0000-0001-5985-7330, Royal Anthropological Institute, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume15
Issue1
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Cuban Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1756-3461 • E-ISSN: 1756-347X
PublisherPluto Journals (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.13169/intejcubastud.15.1.0024
OpenAlexW4379054926
LanguageEN
References cited10

This text presents findings from a contemporary archaeology project that has been exploring the October Crisis (1962) and its material and immaterial remains in Cuba since 2005. The project is a cooperation between Swedish archaeologists and Cuban archaeologists, anthropologists and historians, and its primary aim is to complement the dominant narrative of the crisis with material and immaterial remains and memories in a way that approaches and explains the event “from below”. The current text focuses on the US Marston mats that can be found at a number of locations in farmsteads and villages surrounding the former missile sites in the Los Palacios and San Cristóbal areas, as well as on a photo of a Russian girl that was a gift from a Russian soldier to a Cuban peasant during the crisis. These objects present the reader with new material and human insights concerning the crisis that until now have been more or less concealed and unknown, contributing new complementary dimensions to the understanding of the October Crisis while also challenging the stereotypes constructing the dominant narrative

Archaeology · Art · Ethnology · Literature · Narrative · Peasant · Cuban History and Society · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History

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