{"product_id":"the-aborigines-of-puerto-rico-jesse-walter-fewkes-9780817355746","title":"The Aborigines of Puerto Rico and Neighboring Islands","description":"\u003cb\u003eA valuable recounting of the first formal archaeological excavations in Puerto Rico\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Originally published as the \u003ci\u003eTwenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution\u003c\/i\u003e in 1907, this book was praised in an article in American Anthropologist as doing \"more than any other to give a comprehensive idea of the archaeology of the West Indies.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Until that time, for mainly political reasons, little scientific research had been conducted by Americans on any of the Caribbean islands. Dr. Fewkes' unique skills of observation and experience served him well in the quest to understand Caribbean prehistory and culture. This volume, the result of his careful fieldwork in Puerto Rico in 1902-04, is magnificently illustrated by 93 plates and 43 line drawings of specimens from both public and private collections of the islands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A 1907 article in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e described the volume as \"a most valuable contribution to ethnographical science.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jesse Walter Fewkes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081735574X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817355746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.11h x 7.02w x 0.85d","brand":"Jesse Walter Fewkes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086960308479,"sku":"9780817355746","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79ae77c2-bba4-4769-80c7-554997f0a5f6.jpg?v=1769097490","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-aborigines-of-puerto-rico-jesse-walter-fewkes-9780817355746","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}