Koriabo: from the caribbean sea to the amazon river

Abstract

This book is about the archaeology of indigenous peoples who thrived across the Caribbean, the Guianas, and the Lower Amazon basin just before the European invasion, and who also remained central to the early history of conquest and colonization. It is the first result of collaboration among archaeologists that, until recently, had been working separately in these three regions, but on a very similar ceramic style, first named Koriabo in the Guianas. The exchange of data from research programs in Brazil, the Guianas, and the Caribbean made it possible to discuss how the unique Koriabo style of ceramics acquired such a surprisingly wide geographic distribution.