Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1974

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Sears, William H.

Abstract

In December of 1973 the writer conducted an archaeological reconnaissance of the Bahamian islands of Eleuthera, Harbor Island and St. George's Cay. A total of fifteen open village sites were found along the lee shore of Eleuthera. A surface collection was made at each site and a stratigraphic pit was dug at one site, El-8. Analysis of the artifacts recovered indicated that the Bahamian Arawaks possessed a cultural system distinct from other Arawak populations,- which was specifically adapted to the Bahamian environment. Four ceramic types were isolated and defined within the Palmetto ceramic complex. Examination of the data pertinent to settlement and community patterning suggested a culture possessing little stratification and an economic system less productive than that of the Antillian Arawak.

Extent

75 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1974.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

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FADT13640

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