‘The Mona Chronicle’: the archaeology of early religious encounter in the New World
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Publication Date
8-1-2016
Volume Number
90
Issue Number
352
Abstract
The Caribbean island of Mona, on a key Atlantic route from Europe to the Americas, was at the heart of sixteenth-century Spanish colonial projects. Communities on the island were exposed to the earliest waves of European impact during a critical period of transformation and the forging of new identities. One of many caves within an extensive subterranean world on the island was marked both by indigenous people and by the first generations of Europeans to arrive in the New World. This account of spiritual encounters provides a rare, personalised insight into intercultural religious dynamics in the early Americas.
Keywords
Caves, Antiquities, Prehistoric, North and Central America, United States, Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Mona, Isla
Geographic Subject
North and Central America; United States; Puerto Rico; Mayaguez; Mona, Isla
Document Type
Article
Identifier
K26-05451
Recommended Citation
Cooper, Jago; Samson, Alice V.M.; and Nieves, Miguel A., "‘The Mona Chronicle’: the archaeology of early religious encounter in the New World" (2016). KIP Articles. 5453.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/5453
