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Archaeological Chronology of Grenada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Ripley P. Bullen
Ripley P. Bullen*
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Florida State Museum, Gainesville, Florida
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Abstract

Survey and tests in Grenada indicate three major ceramic periods. The first, A.D. 0-700, is a typical Caribbean extension of the Saladoid-Barrancoid tradition of Venezuela. The second is represented by burnished, red-painted pottery with rim points and horns associated with black-and-red-painted cazuelas. A thick, crude ware which frequently exhibits deeply scratched surfaces characterizes the third. A late phase with finger-indented rims is associated with historic materials. These ceramic traditions are correlated with the pre-Arawak, Arawak, and Carib Indians.

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Caribbean Symposium
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American Antiquity , Volume 31 , Issue 2Part1 , October 1965 , pp. 237 - 241
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1965

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