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The Red House has been the seat of Trinidad and Tobago's parliament for over one hundred years. This work showcases a diverse collection of both precolonial and colonial-period artefacts, and examines the role of the site's precolonial inhabitants as dynamic, self-reflexive history makers.

Offers a comprehensive overview of the available archaeological research conducted in the region. Beginning with the earliest native migrations and moving through contemporary issues of heritage management, the contributors tackle the usual questions of colonisation, adaptation, and evolution while embracing newer research techniques, such as geo-informatics, archaeometry, DNA analysis, and seafaring simulations. Entries are cross-referenced s...

Presents diverse perspectives on forensics within the Caribbean by focusing on disaster victim identification protocols, forensic anthropology, computer forensics, geospatial technologies, shoe-print identification, suicide hangings and forensics linguistics.

Intends to debunk eleven popular and prevalent myths about Caribbean history. This book informs popular audiences, as well as scholars, about the state of archaeological/historical research in the Caribbean Basin and asserts the value of that research in fostering a better understanding of the region's past.

Archaeology and Geoinformatics "provides tremendous insight and an excellent grasp of the special geoinformatics needs of Caribbean researchers.

This volume explores the use of GIS Weights of Evidence) in the cultural resource management of precolonial archaeological sites in Trinidad, the Caribbean''s southernmost island. The book produces predictive models of selected watersheds in Trinidad based on GIS Weights of Evidence. It also addresses important issues relating to GIS data input, access, retrieval, data management within the context of Trinidad''s archaeology. Also included is ...