{"product_id":"en-bas-saline-a-taino-town-before-and-after-columbus-hardcover","title":"En Bas Saline: A Taíno Town before and after Columbus - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathleen Deagan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLife in an Indigenous town during an understudied era of Haitian history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book details the Indigenous Taíno occupation at En Bas Saline in Hispaniola between AD 1250 and 1520, showing how the community coped with the dramatic changes imposed by Spanish contact. En Bas Saline is the largest late precontact Taíno town recorded in what is now Haiti; the only one that has been extensively excavated and analyzed; and one of few with archaeologically documented occupation both before and after the arrival of Columbus in 1492. It is thought to be the site of La Navidad, Columbus's first settlement, where the cacique Guacanagarí offered refuge and shelter after the sinking of the \u003ci\u003eSanta María\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathleen Deagan provides an intrasite and spatial analysis of En Bas Saline by focusing on households, foodways, ceramics, and crafts and offers insights into social organization and chiefly power in this political center through domestic and ornamental material culture. Postcontact changes are seen in patterns of gendered behavior, as well as in the power base of the caciques, challenging the traditional assumption that Taíno society was devastatingly disrupted almost immediately after contact. \u003ci\u003eEn Bas Saline\u003c\/i\u003e is the only archaeological account of the consequences of contact from the perspective of the Taíno peoples' lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathleen Deagan\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Research Curator of Archaeology Emerita and the Emerita Lockwood Professor of Florida and Caribbean Archaeology at the University of Florida. Her many books include \u003ci\u003ePuerto Real: The Archaeology of a Sixteenth-Century Spanish Town in Hispaniola\u003c\/i\u003e. Deagan is the recipient of many awards, including the J. C. Harrington Award for lifetime distinction from the Society for Historical Archaeology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67858035900568,"sku":"9781683403555","price":152.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/U6MUaqVNqL9781683403555.webp?v=1793508700","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/en-bas-saline-a-taino-town-before-and-after-columbus-hardcover","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}