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Author Anderson-Córdova, Karen Frances, author.

Title Surviving Spanish conquest : Indian fight, flight, and cultural transformation in Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / Karen F. Anderson-Córdova
Published Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (1 PDF (xii, 258 pages) : maps
Series Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
Contents Introduction : cultures In contact -- 1. The inhabitants of the Caribbean at the time of Columbus -- 2. The Spanish conquest and colonization of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico -- 3. Cultural transformations : Indian response to contact -- 4. Aboriginal demography in the Antilles -- 5. The voluntary and forced movement of Indians among the islands and the mainland -- 6. Spain's first new world frontier and "Táinoness" today -- Appendix 1. Historical evidence for interisland movement of Indians, from Columbus's diary of the first voyage -- Appendix 2. Chronology of the Indian slave trade : legislation and other pertinent documentary evidence
Summary "In Surviving Spanish Conquest: Indian Fight, Flight, and Cultural Transformation in Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, Karen F. Anderson-Córdova draws on archaeological, historical, and ethnohistorical sources to elucidate the impacts of sixteenth-century Spanish conquest and colonization on indigenous peoples in the Greater Antilles. Moving beyond the conventional narratives of the quick demise of the native populations because of forced labor and the spread of Old World diseases, this book shows the complexity of the initial exchange between the Old and New Worlds and examines the myriad ways the indigenous peoples responded to Spanish colonization. Focusing on Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, the first Caribbean islands to be conquered and colonized by the Spanish, Anderson-Córdova explains Indian sociocultural transformation within the context of two specific processes, out-migration and in-migration, highlighting how population shifts contributed to the diversification of peoples. For example, as the growing presence of "foreign" Indians from other areas of the Caribbean complicated the variety of responses by Indian groups, her investigation reveals that Indians who were subjected to slavery, or the 'encomienda system, ' accommodated and absorbed many Spanish customs, yet resumed their own rituals when allowed to return to their villages. Other Indians fled in response to the arrival of the Spanish. The culmination of years of research, Surviving Spanish Conquest deftly incorporates archaeological investigations at contact sites copious use of archival materials, and anthropological assessments of the contact period in the Caribbean. Ultimately, understanding the processes of Indian-Spanish interaction in the Caribbean enhances comprehension of colonization in many other parts of the world. Anderson-Córdova concludes with a discussion regarding the resurgence of interest in the Táino people and their culture, especially of individuals who self-identify as Táino. This volume provides a wealth of insight to historians, anthropologists, archaeologists, and those interested in early cultures in contact."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-251) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Indians, Treatment of -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 16th century
Indians, Treatment of -- Hispaniola -- History -- 16th century
Indians of the West Indies -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 16th century
Indians of the West Indies -- Hispaniola -- History -- 16th century
Community life -- Hispaniola -- History
Community life -- Puerto Rico -- History
Social change -- Hispaniola -- History
Social change -- Puerto Rico -- History
Spaniards -- Hispaniola -- History
Spaniards -- Puerto Rico -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- General.
HISTORY -- Expeditions & Discoveries.
HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
Indians, Treatment of
Discoveries in geography -- Spanish
Antiquities
Community life
Indians of the West Indies
Social change
Spaniards
SUBJECT Hispaniola -- Antiquities
Puerto Rico -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108940
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004256
Subject America
Hispaniola
Puerto Rico
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780817390907
0817390901