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Prehistoric migration in the Caribbean: past perspectives, new models and the ideal free distribution of West Indian colonization

Giovas, Christina M., Fitzpatrick, Scott M.·2014·World Archaeology
DOI 10.1080/00438243.2014.933123
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Historically, archaeologists have pursued two basic approaches to prehistoric Caribbean colonization: those relying on historical narratives and those informed by theoretical modelling. With few exceptions, the latter have not been widely employed. Here, we introduce a behavioural ecology model used in Pacific archaeology, the ideal free distribution (IFD), to understand Caribbean migration and island settlement as a form of adaptive behaviour. We assess the sequences of Ceramic Age (post-2500 bp) colonization and overall prehistoric island colonization for fit against the predictions of the IFD using terrestrial net primary production and island area as measures of habitat suitability. We conclude that certain aspects of Caribbean colonization – the initial settlement of larger, high-quality-habitat islands and temporal pauses between migration pulses – are consistent with the IFD. Model inconsistencies observed for Ceramic Age colonization, however, are best explained in terms of the limitations of Pre-Columbian seafaring and territorial behaviour on the part of pre-existing Archaic occupants.

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  • Giovas and Fitzpatrick (2014) found that island area and primary production were good proxies for suitability that predicted the order of island settlement reasonably well and helped explain some deviations from IFD predictions in Ceramic Age colonisation of the Caribbean.

    “Giovas and Fitzpatrick (2014) explored the potential for the IFD to explain Ceramic Age colonisation of the Caribbean and found that island area and primary production were good proxies for suitability that predicted the order of island settlement reasonably well, and also helped to explain some interesting deviations from IFD predictions.”

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Authors
Giovas, C. M., & Fitzpatrick, S. M.
Venue
World Archaeology
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2014-07-11
Volume
46
Issue
4
Pages
569-589
ISSN
  • 0043-8243
  • 1470-1375
DOI
10.1080/00438243.2014.933123
Cited by
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Language
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