Chronologies in wood and resin: AMS ¹⁴C dating of pre-Hispanic Caribbean wood sculpture

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• 作者：Joanna Ostapkowicz^a ; ^{Joanna.Ostapkowicz@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk} ; Christopher Bronk Ramsey^b ; Fiona Brock^b ; Tom Higham^b ; Alex C. Wiedenhoeft^c ; Erika Ribechini^d ; Jeannette J. Lucejko^d ; Samuel Wilson^e
• 关键词：Caribbean ; Ta&iacute ; no ; Lucayan ; Wood ; Resin ; Radiocarbon dating
• 刊名：Journal of Archaeological Science
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：137_03054403
• 类别：soc
• 出版时间：July, 2012
• 卷：39
• 期：7
• 页码：2238-2251
• 文件大小：991 K

摘要

This paper establishes a chronological framework for selected pieces of Caribbean (Ta铆no/Lucayan) wooden sculpture, enabling previously ahistoric artefacts to fit back into the wider corpus of pre-colonial material culture. Seventy-two ¹⁴C AMS determinations from 56 artefacts held in museum collections are reported, including 32 ceremonial duhos, or seats. Far from being constrained to the last few centuries prior to contact, the dates for these objects extend back to ca. AD 250, and include the artistic legacies of various cultures. Duhos in both low and high back styles are present from about AD 600, if not earlier, in a distribution that spans the Antillean island chain from Trinidad to Cuba. Complex, drug-related paraphernalia and elaborate ancestral reliquaries are in evidence by AD 1000, as are some distinctive regional styles - such as the unique iconography from the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos islands. This paper explores relevant methodological issues - from the challenges of working with museum pieces (e.g., uncertain provenance, discrete sampling techniques, impact of previous conservation treatments on dating results), to dealing with potential 鈥榠n-built鈥?age in tropical hardwoods.