Technologie du fait maritime chez les Kalinago des Petites Antilles aux xvie et xviie siècles

Black pitch, carved histories: Radiocarbon dating, wood species identification and strontium isotope analysis of prehistoric wood carvings from Trinidad's Pitch Lake

“…Mortars, a ubiquitous artefact essential for food processing from the Archaic Age well into the 21 st century, offer a glimpse into the complexities of food processing, particularly Black Pitch, carved histories: a study of the prehistoric wood carvings from Trinidad's Pitch Lake Ostapkowicz, Brock, Wiedenhoeft, Snoeck, Pouncett, Baksh-Comeau, Schulting, Claeys, Mattielli, Richards, Boomert as recent findings highlight the use of such genera as Zamia (Pagán-Jiménez et al, 2015), clearly underscoring the environmental knowledge of early Trinidadian settlers. Paddles hint at the importance of watercraft and the inter-regional connections they facilitate (e.g., Bérard et al, 2016), particularly in light of the fact that the cultures that flourished on the island maintained strong connections not only to the South American 'motherland' but also to the diaspora communities north along the island chain. And while questions of why paddles were deposited in an asphalt 'lake' remain unanswered, and we may never fully know whether the human remains were intentionally buried in the lake in association with artefacts, other aspects, such as the antiquity of deposition at the site, are coming into greater focus.…”

Indigenous navigation in the Caribbean Basin: a historical, ethnoarchaeological and experimental approach to the Caribbean-Guyanese kanawa

“…This sort of blade, with a relatively reduced surface, is generally used for long distance navigation in deep water (Warren, Gidmark 2001;Fitzpatrick 2013). Due to this scarcity of direct archaeological evidence, we decided to complement our review with an analysis of the large set of historical European sources dating from the contact period (Bérard et al 2016a). This provided us with a description of the Kalinago Amerindian vessels, composed of four general types.…”

“…The kanawa can be characterised as a dugout canoe expanded by firing and extended by framing and planking. The quality of the historical sources has allowed us to reconstruct the entire operational chain for the construction of this type of boat, from the decision to implement the process to the naming of the new canoe (Bérard et al 2016a).…”

“…At the beginning of the 17 th century, the Kali'na, named Galibi by the first European travellers, were family groups of farmers, hunters and fishermen, renowned for their imposing maritime fleets composed of large dugout canoes adapted to coastal and 1. There is no precolonial use of sail in the Antilles (Bérard et al 2016a). open-sea navigation.…”

Have Confidence in the Sea: Maritime Maroons and Fugitive Geographies

“…Although there is little material evidence of canoes in the archaeological record, ethnohistorical and ecological accounts suggest extensive canoe manufacturing practices throughout the region (Shearn 2020). During the 16 th and 17 th centuries, indigenous Kalinago canoes could reach upwards of 18 metres (Bérard et al 2016). Enslaved Africans and maroons likely blended personal and indigenous knowledges of canoe‐making to craft these vessels for the open ocean.…”