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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...
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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 |
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author | Rodríguez Ramos, Reniel Rodríguez López, Miguel Pestle, William J. |
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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. |
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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 |
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