Introduction to prehistory;: A systematic approach

History

Rouse, Irving

Ancient Civilizations

McGraw=Hill

Introduction to Prehistory A Systematic Approach

Migrations in Prehistory: Inferring Population Movement from Cultural Remains

In this book, Irving Rouse evaluates research on prehistoric migrations, from successfully tested hypotheses explaining the origins of the Polynesians, Eskimos, Japanese, and Tainos, to the more fanciful postulations by authors such as Thor Heyerdahl and Barry Fell. Rouse's work demonstrates not only the viability of the inference of population movements from archaeological evidence but also the effectiveness of collaboration and communication between branches of archaeology and anthropology.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Yale University Press

Archaeologists have developed various methods of studying cultural remains to infer population movement and other kinds of migration. Irving Rouse, author of much distinguished work in this field, here evaluates research on prehistoric migrations and explains why some of these methods have been more successful than others. 
Rouse begins with a discussion of the nature and ways of formulating migration hypotheses. He then focuses on four instances in which migration hypotheses have been successfully formed and tested: studies of the origins of the Polynesians, Eskimos, Japanese, and Tainos (the Indians encountered by Columbus when he discovered the New World). Contrasting these with popular but essentially fanciful postulations by authors such as Thor Heyerdahl and Barry Fell, Rouse draws conclusions about the methods of testing hypotheses, about kinds of migrations, and about their causes. He distinguishes between population movement, in which a wave of people from one area overwhelms the inhabitants of another area, and immigration, in which individuals from one area penetrate another and become absorbed into its population. Rouse argues that population movement must be studied in terms of patterns of change in the culture of the migrants, while immigration should be evaluated in terms of the cultural traits introduced by the migrants. In performing these tasks, says Rouse, archaeologists should investigate all elements of culture and should check their results against those obtained by linguists and physical anthropologists.
Rouse’s work demonstrates not only the viability of the inference of population movements from archaeological evidence but also the effectiveness of collaboration and communication between branches of archaeology and anthropology. His book is a lucid exposition of an important issue.
“This is carefully thought out and simply and clearly written treatment of the process, or processes, of migrations in prehistory. It will be a basic reference for all archaeologists.” –Gordon R. Willey, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University

Anthropology

When Columbus arrived in the Americas, the first people he encountered were the Tainos of the northern Caribbean sea. In this book Rouse tells the story of the Tainos from their ancestral days on the South American continent to their rapid decline after contact with the Spanish explorers.

The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus

Americas

When Columbus arrived in the Americas, the first people he encountered were the Tainos, inhabitants of the islands of the northern Caribbean Sea. In this book a noted archeologist and anthropologist tells the story of the Tainos from their ancestral days on the South American continent to their rapid decline after contact with the Spanish explorers. Drawing on archeological and ethno-historical evidence, Irving Rouse sketches a picture of the Tainos as they existed during the time of Columbus, contrasting their customs with those of their neighbors. He then moves backward in time to the ancestors of the Tainos―two successive groups who settled the West Indies and who are known to archeologists as the Saladoid peoples and the Ostionoid peoples. By reconstructing the development of these groups and studying their interaction with other groups during the centuries before Columbus, Rouse shows precisely who the Tainos were. He vividly recounts Columbus's four voyages, the events of the European contact, and the early Spanish views of the Tainos, particularly their art and religion. The narration shows that the Tainos did not long survive the advent of Columbus. Weakened by forced labor, malnutrition, and diseases introduced by the foreigners, and dispersed by migration and intermarriage, they ceased to exist as a separate population group. As Rouse discusses the Tainos' contributions to the Spaniards―from Indian corn, tobacco, and rubber balls to art, artifacts, and new words―we realize that their effect on Western civilization, brief through their contact, was an important and lasting one.

In 1946 and 1953, Irving &#8220;Ben&#8221; Rouse led archaeological excavations at prehistoric to protohistoric sites on the island of Trinidad. This book presents an analysis of these excavations&#8212;until now unpublished&#8212;relating the results of Rouse&#8217;s work to subsequent research at these sites by other investigators and to current knowledge of Trinidad&#8217;s cultural sequence and Amerindian ethnohistory. The first detailed study of indigenous cultural development in Trinidad covering its entire pre-Columbian through the historical Amerindian sequence, this work is a significant addition to the data on Caribbean archaeology.

The Yale University Excavations in Trinidad of 1946 and 1953 (Yale University Publications in Anthropology)

Boomert, Arie

Faber-Morse, Birgit

Dann Isendoorn, A.J.

Silver, Annette

Yale Univ Pr

Book by Rouse, Irving, Morse, Birgit Faber

Excavations at the Indian Creek Site, Antigua, West Indies (Volume 82) (Yale University Publications in Anthropology)

Morse, Birgit Faber

The Yale Peabody Museum

In 1946 and 1953, Irving “Ben” Rouse led archaeological excavations at prehistoric to protohistoric sites on the island of Trinidad. This book presents an analysis of these excavations—until now unpublished—relating the results of Rouse’s work to subsequent research at these sites by other investigators and to current knowledge of Trinidad’s cultural sequence and Amerindian ethnohistory. The first detailed study of indigenous cultural development in Trinidad covering its entire pre-Columbian through the historical Amerindian sequence, this work is a significant addition to the data on Caribbean archaeology.

The 1946 and 1953 Yale University Excavations in Trinidad: Vol. # 92 (Volume 92) (Yale University Publications in Anthropology)

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Introduction to prehistory;: A systematic approach

Introduction to Prehistory A Systematic Approach

Migrations in Prehistory: Inferring Population Movement from Cultural Remains

Migrations in Prehistory: Inferring Population Movement from Cultural Remains

The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus

The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus

The Yale University Excavations in Trinidad of 1946 and 1953 (Yale University Publications in Anthropology)

Excavations at the Indian Creek Site, Antigua, West Indies (Volume 82) (Yale University Publications in Anthropology)

The 1946 and 1953 Yale University Excavations in Trinidad: Vol. # 92 (Volume 92) (Yale University Publications in Anthropology)