In this book the concept of mobility is explored for the
archaeology of the Amazonian and Caribb... more In this book the concept of mobility is explored for the
archaeology of the Amazonian and Caribbean region. As
a result of technological and methodological progress in
archaeology, mobility has become increasingly visible on
the level of the individual. However, as a concept it does
not seem to fit with current approaches in Amazonian
archaeology, which favour a move away from viewing
small mobile groups as models for the deeper past.
Instead of ignoring such ethnographic tyrannies, in this
book they are considered to be essential for arriving at a
different past. Viewing archaeological mobility as the sum
of movements of both people and objects, the empirical
part of Amotopoan Trails focuses on Amotopo, a small
contemporary Trio village in the interior of Suriname.
The movements of the Amotopoans are tracked and
positioned in a century of Trio dynamics, ultimately
yielding a recent archaeology of Surinamese-Trio
movements for the Sipaliwini River basin (1907-2008).
Alongside the construction of this archaeology, novel
mobility concepts are introduced. They provide the
conceptual footholds which enable the envisioning of
mobility at various temporal scales, from a decade up to a
century, the sequence of which has remained a blind spot
in Caribbean and Amazonian archaeology.
Centros de conexión indígenas en las Islas occidentales de Sotavento, 2018
In this chapter the indigenous histories of the western Leeward islands of the Caribbean will be ... more In this chapter the indigenous histories of the western Leeward islands of the Caribbean will be investigated by means of a preliminary reconstruction of indigenous movements and hub fluxes. The research problem this chapter addresses is the problematic perpetuation of labels such as ‘Carib’ and ‘Callínago’ obscuring underlying heterogeneities and spatial and temporal diversities. (This English text was published in Spanish, translated by Valcárcel Rojas, as 'Centros de conexión indígenas en las Islas occidentales de Sotavento', Chapter 4 in 'De la desaparición a la permanencia; Indígenas e indios en la reinvención del Caribe' (Valcárcel Rojas & Ulloa Hung 2018)
En este capítulo se analizan las historias indígenas de las islas occidentales de Sotavento (en e... more En este capítulo se analizan las historias indígenas de las islas occidentales de Sotavento (en el Caribe), con el objetivo de lograr una reconstrucción preliminar de los movimientos indígenas y de sus centros de conexión (hubs). En este contexto abordamos la problemática perpetuación de etiquetas como caribe y callínago que oscurecen tanto las heterogeneidades subyacentes como la diversidad espacial y temporal del universo indígena en la región. Con este estudio pretendemos contribuir a las investigaciones en curso sobre arqueología indígena del período histórico en las Antillas Menores.
(In De la desparación a la permanencia: Indígenas e indios en la reinvención del Caribe Instituto Technológico de Santo Domingo (2018 eds. Valcárcel Rojas y Ulloa Hung)
In this paper the focus lies on the recent Amerindian past of the Southern Guyana-Suriname border... more In this paper the focus lies on the recent Amerindian past of the Southern Guyana-Suriname borderland. For as far back as the oral and written historical records go, the two main Amerindian groups inhabiting this area – the Waiwai and the Trio – have always lived near one another. Whereas decades ago the Guyanese Waiwai and Surinamese Trio groups were perceived to have lived separately on either side of the border, today we encounter both Trio living in Guyanese -Waiwai villages and Waiwai living in Surinamese -Trio villages. It appears that beneath these apparently monolithic identities a complex history unfolds in which multiple subgroup identities wax and wane. How is this complex history reflected and revealed in the material dimension? Where do material traditions diverge and converge, and how do these relationships inform our perception of these groups’ ethnicities? This paper will reflect on ethnohistorical, ethnographic and ethnoarchaeological studies and the discussion will center on concepts of ethnicity and entangled material histories.
To bridge the gap between archaeological and anthropological understandings, the dynamics of a pr... more To bridge the gap between archaeological and anthropological understandings, the dynamics of a present-day Trio community (Suriname) are studied in a synchronic, ethnographic
perspective by relating these to the material dimension of a single small village. The movements of the community in the landscape are discussed as they have been observed in the
field, as well as part of the exchanges of this village with other villages. Subsequently a diachronic perspective is adopted in which the ‘coming into being’ of this new village is elucidated. The movements of its inhabitants are presented in concert with the material development of the village.
t, Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 17:3, 2015
In this article, a creative heritage value assessment that was developed
on the island of St Chri... more In this article, a creative heritage value assessment that was developed on the island of St Christopher (St Kitts), West Indies is discussed and evaluated. A synergetic approach emerged out of a collaboration between local heritage managers and policy officials with foreign heritage researchers and archaeologists. Together, they developed a transdisciplinary and practiceoriented approach based upon capturing values with audiovisual methods, which effectively integrated archaeological-historical research as well as outreach and dissemination activities in the value-assessment process. This effectively brought valorisation as well as the contested and multivocal nature of heritage to the heart of a transparent heritage management process. The practicalities and rationale of this approach are discussed, as well as its potential benefits for the combined three fields of local heritage management, archaeologicalhistorical research, and public outreach.
In this book the concept of mobility is explored for the
archaeology of the Amazonian and Caribb... more In this book the concept of mobility is explored for the
archaeology of the Amazonian and Caribbean region. As
a result of technological and methodological progress in
archaeology, mobility has become increasingly visible on
the level of the individual. However, as a concept it does
not seem to fit with current approaches in Amazonian
archaeology, which favour a move away from viewing
small mobile groups as models for the deeper past.
Instead of ignoring such ethnographic tyrannies, in this
book they are considered to be essential for arriving at a
different past. Viewing archaeological mobility as the sum
of movements of both people and objects, the empirical
part of Amotopoan Trails focuses on Amotopo, a small
contemporary Trio village in the interior of Suriname.
The movements of the Amotopoans are tracked and
positioned in a century of Trio dynamics, ultimately
yielding a recent archaeology of Surinamese-Trio
movements for the Sipaliwini River basin (1907-2008).
Alongside the construction of this archaeology, novel
mobility concepts are introduced. They provide the
conceptual footholds which enable the envisioning of
mobility at various temporal scales, from a decade up to a
century, the sequence of which has remained a blind spot
in Caribbean and Amazonian archaeology.
Centros de conexión indígenas en las Islas occidentales de Sotavento, 2018
In this chapter the indigenous histories of the western Leeward islands of the Caribbean will be ... more In this chapter the indigenous histories of the western Leeward islands of the Caribbean will be investigated by means of a preliminary reconstruction of indigenous movements and hub fluxes. The research problem this chapter addresses is the problematic perpetuation of labels such as ‘Carib’ and ‘Callínago’ obscuring underlying heterogeneities and spatial and temporal diversities. (This English text was published in Spanish, translated by Valcárcel Rojas, as 'Centros de conexión indígenas en las Islas occidentales de Sotavento', Chapter 4 in 'De la desaparición a la permanencia; Indígenas e indios en la reinvención del Caribe' (Valcárcel Rojas & Ulloa Hung 2018)
En este capítulo se analizan las historias indígenas de las islas occidentales de Sotavento (en e... more En este capítulo se analizan las historias indígenas de las islas occidentales de Sotavento (en el Caribe), con el objetivo de lograr una reconstrucción preliminar de los movimientos indígenas y de sus centros de conexión (hubs). En este contexto abordamos la problemática perpetuación de etiquetas como caribe y callínago que oscurecen tanto las heterogeneidades subyacentes como la diversidad espacial y temporal del universo indígena en la región. Con este estudio pretendemos contribuir a las investigaciones en curso sobre arqueología indígena del período histórico en las Antillas Menores.
(In De la desparación a la permanencia: Indígenas e indios en la reinvención del Caribe Instituto Technológico de Santo Domingo (2018 eds. Valcárcel Rojas y Ulloa Hung)
In this paper the focus lies on the recent Amerindian past of the Southern Guyana-Suriname border... more In this paper the focus lies on the recent Amerindian past of the Southern Guyana-Suriname borderland. For as far back as the oral and written historical records go, the two main Amerindian groups inhabiting this area – the Waiwai and the Trio – have always lived near one another. Whereas decades ago the Guyanese Waiwai and Surinamese Trio groups were perceived to have lived separately on either side of the border, today we encounter both Trio living in Guyanese -Waiwai villages and Waiwai living in Surinamese -Trio villages. It appears that beneath these apparently monolithic identities a complex history unfolds in which multiple subgroup identities wax and wane. How is this complex history reflected and revealed in the material dimension? Where do material traditions diverge and converge, and how do these relationships inform our perception of these groups’ ethnicities? This paper will reflect on ethnohistorical, ethnographic and ethnoarchaeological studies and the discussion will center on concepts of ethnicity and entangled material histories.
To bridge the gap between archaeological and anthropological understandings, the dynamics of a pr... more To bridge the gap between archaeological and anthropological understandings, the dynamics of a present-day Trio community (Suriname) are studied in a synchronic, ethnographic
perspective by relating these to the material dimension of a single small village. The movements of the community in the landscape are discussed as they have been observed in the
field, as well as part of the exchanges of this village with other villages. Subsequently a diachronic perspective is adopted in which the ‘coming into being’ of this new village is elucidated. The movements of its inhabitants are presented in concert with the material development of the village.
t, Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 17:3, 2015
In this article, a creative heritage value assessment that was developed
on the island of St Chri... more In this article, a creative heritage value assessment that was developed on the island of St Christopher (St Kitts), West Indies is discussed and evaluated. A synergetic approach emerged out of a collaboration between local heritage managers and policy officials with foreign heritage researchers and archaeologists. Together, they developed a transdisciplinary and practiceoriented approach based upon capturing values with audiovisual methods, which effectively integrated archaeological-historical research as well as outreach and dissemination activities in the value-assessment process. This effectively brought valorisation as well as the contested and multivocal nature of heritage to the heart of a transparent heritage management process. The practicalities and rationale of this approach are discussed, as well as its potential benefits for the combined three fields of local heritage management, archaeologicalhistorical research, and public outreach.
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archaeology of the Amazonian and Caribbean region. As
a result of technological and methodological progress in
archaeology, mobility has become increasingly visible on
the level of the individual. However, as a concept it does
not seem to fit with current approaches in Amazonian
archaeology, which favour a move away from viewing
small mobile groups as models for the deeper past.
Instead of ignoring such ethnographic tyrannies, in this
book they are considered to be essential for arriving at a
different past. Viewing archaeological mobility as the sum
of movements of both people and objects, the empirical
part of Amotopoan Trails focuses on Amotopo, a small
contemporary Trio village in the interior of Suriname.
The movements of the Amotopoans are tracked and
positioned in a century of Trio dynamics, ultimately
yielding a recent archaeology of Surinamese-Trio
movements for the Sipaliwini River basin (1907-2008).
Alongside the construction of this archaeology, novel
mobility concepts are introduced. They provide the
conceptual footholds which enable the envisioning of
mobility at various temporal scales, from a decade up to a
century, the sequence of which has remained a blind spot
in Caribbean and Amazonian archaeology.
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(This English text was published in Spanish, translated by Valcárcel Rojas, as 'Centros de conexión indígenas en las Islas occidentales de Sotavento', Chapter 4 in 'De la desaparición a la permanencia; Indígenas e indios en la reinvención del Caribe' (Valcárcel Rojas & Ulloa Hung 2018)
(In De la desparación a la permanencia: Indígenas e indios en la reinvención del Caribe Instituto Technológico de Santo Domingo (2018 eds. Valcárcel Rojas y Ulloa Hung)
perspective by relating these to the material dimension of a single small village. The movements of the community in the landscape are discussed as they have been observed in the
field, as well as part of the exchanges of this village with other villages. Subsequently a diachronic perspective is adopted in which the ‘coming into being’ of this new village is elucidated. The movements of its inhabitants are presented in concert with the material development of the village.
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on the island of St Christopher (St Kitts), West Indies is discussed and
evaluated. A synergetic approach emerged out of a collaboration between
local heritage managers and policy officials with foreign heritage researchers
and archaeologists. Together, they developed a transdisciplinary and practiceoriented approach based upon capturing values with audiovisual methods,
which effectively integrated archaeological-historical research as well as outreach
and dissemination activities in the value-assessment process. This effectively
brought valorisation as well as the contested and multivocal nature of heritage
to the heart of a transparent heritage management process. The practicalities
and rationale of this approach are discussed, as well as its potential benefits
for the combined three fields of local heritage management, archaeologicalhistorical research, and public outreach.
archaeology of the Amazonian and Caribbean region. As
a result of technological and methodological progress in
archaeology, mobility has become increasingly visible on
the level of the individual. However, as a concept it does
not seem to fit with current approaches in Amazonian
archaeology, which favour a move away from viewing
small mobile groups as models for the deeper past.
Instead of ignoring such ethnographic tyrannies, in this
book they are considered to be essential for arriving at a
different past. Viewing archaeological mobility as the sum
of movements of both people and objects, the empirical
part of Amotopoan Trails focuses on Amotopo, a small
contemporary Trio village in the interior of Suriname.
The movements of the Amotopoans are tracked and
positioned in a century of Trio dynamics, ultimately
yielding a recent archaeology of Surinamese-Trio
movements for the Sipaliwini River basin (1907-2008).
Alongside the construction of this archaeology, novel
mobility concepts are introduced. They provide the
conceptual footholds which enable the envisioning of
mobility at various temporal scales, from a decade up to a
century, the sequence of which has remained a blind spot
in Caribbean and Amazonian archaeology.
(This English text was published in Spanish, translated by Valcárcel Rojas, as 'Centros de conexión indígenas en las Islas occidentales de Sotavento', Chapter 4 in 'De la desaparición a la permanencia; Indígenas e indios en la reinvención del Caribe' (Valcárcel Rojas & Ulloa Hung 2018)
(In De la desparación a la permanencia: Indígenas e indios en la reinvención del Caribe Instituto Technológico de Santo Domingo (2018 eds. Valcárcel Rojas y Ulloa Hung)
perspective by relating these to the material dimension of a single small village. The movements of the community in the landscape are discussed as they have been observed in the
field, as well as part of the exchanges of this village with other villages. Subsequently a diachronic perspective is adopted in which the ‘coming into being’ of this new village is elucidated. The movements of its inhabitants are presented in concert with the material development of the village.
on the island of St Christopher (St Kitts), West Indies is discussed and
evaluated. A synergetic approach emerged out of a collaboration between
local heritage managers and policy officials with foreign heritage researchers
and archaeologists. Together, they developed a transdisciplinary and practiceoriented approach based upon capturing values with audiovisual methods,
which effectively integrated archaeological-historical research as well as outreach
and dissemination activities in the value-assessment process. This effectively
brought valorisation as well as the contested and multivocal nature of heritage
to the heart of a transparent heritage management process. The practicalities
and rationale of this approach are discussed, as well as its potential benefits
for the combined three fields of local heritage management, archaeologicalhistorical research, and public outreach.