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Colonialism and the History of Archaeology in the Spanish Caribbean

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Since the early European incursions in the New World, the Caribbean has been a region of colonial establishment and contestation. In one way or another, colonialism in its different forms, has influenced, shaped, or affected almost every aspect of life, including the academic world. This paper discusses the histories of the development of current archaeologies in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Dominican Republic. Particularly, the paper emphasizes the legacy of North American and European archaeologists who were instrumental in the adoption and long survival of a positivist and normative paradigm that have stagnated the advancement of theoretical thoughts and curbed the development of true local archaeologies in the region.

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I would like to thank my colleagues and friends José Oliver and Daniel Torres Etayo for commenting in earlier versions of this paper. Their suggestions and criticisms were instrumental in strengthening the article. I also would like to thank Ludomir Lozny, the editor of this volume, for his patience and suggestions during the writing process.

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Curet, L.A. (2011). Colonialism and the History of Archaeology in the Spanish Caribbean. In: Lozny, L. (eds) Comparative Archaeologies. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8225-4_19

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