Cargando…

Revision of the cultural chronology of precolonial Puerto Rico: A Bayesian approach

Puerto Rico has played a pivotal role in the building of cultural chronology for the insular Caribbean, and yet little systematic work has been conducted in recent decades to assess the validity of the system(s) produced. To resolve this issue, we assembled a radiocarbon inventory comprised of more...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rodríguez Ramos, Reniel, Rodríguez López, Miguel, Pestle, William J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9946257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36812244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282052
_version_ 1784892295655456768
author Rodríguez Ramos, Reniel
Rodríguez López, Miguel
Pestle, William J.
author_facet Rodríguez Ramos, Reniel
Rodríguez López, Miguel
Pestle, William J.
author_sort Rodríguez Ramos, Reniel
collection PubMed
description Puerto Rico has played a pivotal role in the building of cultural chronology for the insular Caribbean, and yet little systematic work has been conducted in recent decades to assess the validity of the system(s) produced. To resolve this issue, we assembled a radiocarbon inventory comprised of more than a thousand assays, drawn from both published sources and grey literature, which was used to assess and revise (as necessary) the received cultural chronology of Puerto Rico. The application of chronological hygiene protocols and Bayesian modeling of the dates yields an initial arrival of humans to the island more than a millennium earlier than previously established, making Puerto Rico the earliest inhabited island of the Antilles, following Trinidad. The chronology of the different cultural manifestations that have been identified for the island, as grouped by Rousean styles, also is updated, and in some cases heavily modified, as a result of this process. While admittedly limited by several mitigating factors, the image that emerges from this chronological revision suggests a much more complex, dynamic, and plural cultural scenario than has been traditionally assumed, as a result of the myriad of interactions that took place between the different peoples that coexisted in the island through time.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9946257
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher Public Library of Science
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-99462572023-02-23 Revision of the cultural chronology of precolonial Puerto Rico: A Bayesian approach Rodríguez Ramos, Reniel Rodríguez López, Miguel Pestle, William J. PLoS One Research Article Puerto Rico has played a pivotal role in the building of cultural chronology for the insular Caribbean, and yet little systematic work has been conducted in recent decades to assess the validity of the system(s) produced. To resolve this issue, we assembled a radiocarbon inventory comprised of more than a thousand assays, drawn from both published sources and grey literature, which was used to assess and revise (as necessary) the received cultural chronology of Puerto Rico. The application of chronological hygiene protocols and Bayesian modeling of the dates yields an initial arrival of humans to the island more than a millennium earlier than previously established, making Puerto Rico the earliest inhabited island of the Antilles, following Trinidad. The chronology of the different cultural manifestations that have been identified for the island, as grouped by Rousean styles, also is updated, and in some cases heavily modified, as a result of this process. While admittedly limited by several mitigating factors, the image that emerges from this chronological revision suggests a much more complex, dynamic, and plural cultural scenario than has been traditionally assumed, as a result of the myriad of interactions that took place between the different peoples that coexisted in the island through time. Public Library of Science 2023-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9946257/ /pubmed/36812244 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282052 Text en © 2023 Rodríguez Ramos et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Rodríguez Ramos, Reniel
Rodríguez López, Miguel
Pestle, William J.
Revision of the cultural chronology of precolonial Puerto Rico: A Bayesian approach
title Revision of the cultural chronology of precolonial Puerto Rico: A Bayesian approach
title_full Revision of the cultural chronology of precolonial Puerto Rico: A Bayesian approach
title_fullStr Revision of the cultural chronology of precolonial Puerto Rico: A Bayesian approach
title_full_unstemmed Revision of the cultural chronology of precolonial Puerto Rico: A Bayesian approach
title_short Revision of the cultural chronology of precolonial Puerto Rico: A Bayesian approach
title_sort revision of the cultural chronology of precolonial puerto rico: a bayesian approach
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9946257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36812244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282052
work_keys_str_mv AT rodriguezramosreniel revisionoftheculturalchronologyofprecolonialpuertoricoabayesianapproach
AT rodriguezlopezmiguel revisionoftheculturalchronologyofprecolonialpuertoricoabayesianapproach
AT pestlewilliamj revisionoftheculturalchronologyofprecolonialpuertoricoabayesianapproach