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History on Mona Island Long-term Human and Landscape Dynamics of an 'Uninhabited' Island


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Samson, Alice VM 
Cooper, Jago 

Abstract

jats:pThe history of Mona Island and her transitory and permanent communities provides an interesting perspective on the role this small island has played over the long-term in spheres of maritime interaction in the Caribbean and further afield. In particular, we examine the role that the extraordinary cave systems have played in attracting people to the island and into the subterranean realm within. Through a recent study of the extant historical sources and archaeological evidence for past human activity on the island, we trace this historical landscape and seascape in order to review the importance of Mona in wider regional dynamics through time.</jats:p>

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Mona Passage, Caribbean history, island archaeology, human cave use

Journal Title

NWIG-NEW WEST INDIAN GUIDE-NIEUWE WEST-INDISCHE GIDS

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1382-2373
1382-2373

Volume Title

89

Publisher

Brill
Sponsorship
Fieldwork was made possible by support from the British Academy, the British Museum Research Council, the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research DM McDonald Grants and Awards Fund, the British Cave Research Association CSTRI grant, Mr Herb Allen III and Monica de la Torre, Mr Daniel Shelley, the Center for Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Lastly, we wish to thank two anonymous reviewers for improving the manuscript. Any errors remain our own.