Year: 1996
Type: article
Abstract: Ongoing analyses of the prehistoric Amerindian Trants site in Montserrat include chronological and settlement data obtained from several episodes of field work. Artifact distributions suggest that Trants is larger than most other Saladoid period sites in the West Indies, The radiocarbon dates, artifacts, and stratigraphic associations further suggest that Trants was occupied earlier than many other Saladoid sites and over a long span, ca. 500 b.c.-a.d. 410, or later. Phosphate fractionation and other sediment data confirm the intensity and duration of occupation, and with artifact distributions discussed elsewhere suggest that the prehistoric settlement had a stable circular ring and plaza configuration. The implications of these data for research on the beginning and development of the Saladoid period in the West Indies and Lowland South America are discussed.
Source: Annals of Carnegie Museum
DOI: 10.5962/p.329861
Author: James B. Petersen
Institution: University of Maine at Farmington
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4291123038