Abstract The Caribbean Sea was centre stage in the earliest, sustained encounters between
the New and Old Worlds, heralding the mass movement of people, goods and ideas …

Unlike art historians, archaeologists rarely make systematic attempts at attributing artefacts
to individual artisans–they stop at the broader category of 'provenance regions' or 'technical …

This paper presents an overview of techniques employed in antiquity—in different regions
and at different times—for decorating metals by plating or applying surface treatments. Quite …

Bataille, CP and GJ Bowen 2012 Mapping 87Sr/86Sr variations in bedrock and water for
large scale provenance studies. Chemical Geology 304-305: 39-52. Bataille, CP, JE Laffoon …

European enslavement of Indigenous peoples in the Americas began in the Caribbean,
quickly spreading to the rest of the continent and impacting the lives of millions. Despite its …

Gold alloys and silver alloys have always been widely employed in the production of
significant objects. With high reflectivity, precious metals are perceived as both materials …

The field of archaeomaterials research has enormous potential to shed light on past
innovation processes. However, this potential has been only partially recognized outside its …

In this study, we generate novel insights regarding bodily ornaments from indigenous
societies of late precolonial Greater Antilles. Previous research has highlighted the …

This study sought to investigate the extent and processes through which indigenous
technologies were passed on in the production of indigenous pottery in the Greater Antilles …

The technique of depletion gilding is well evidenced in pre-Columbian Andean gold work.
Artefacts from the Nahuange period in Colombia (c. AD 100–1000) were subject to …