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SUMMARY:Using Environmental Archaeology to Revise Caribbean Indigenous Ext
 inction Narratives - Dr. J. Julián Garay-Vázquez\, University of Cambrid
 ge
DTSTART:20251106T130000Z
DTEND:20251106T140000Z
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CONTACT:William Wright
DESCRIPTION:The Great Dying refers to the decline of Amerindian communitie
 s\, an event so transformative that it has even been proposed as the start
  of the Anthropocene. The population decline estimates are constructed wit
 h ethnohistoric “census” data from documents written by colonists. The
  flaw of the estimates is that they do not consider the ethnogenesis of in
 digenous-descent communities in marron enclaves. Such is the case of the G
 reater Antillean Arawak (today known as Taino)\, which is assumed to becom
 e extinct by the mid-16th century. Despite the assumed extinction\, numero
 us people claim Taino descent across the Greater Antilles\, exalting their
  intermixed heritage as people who survived colonial violence. Novel genom
 ic studies support claims of Taino descent by demonstrating that some cont
 emporary population possesses Taino genetics\, particularly those from Pue
 rto Rico. However\, the genomic data is too limited and does not show dire
 ct descent\, with a gap highlighted between the 17th and 18th centuries. T
 he present paper aims to address this gap using archaeobotanical evidence 
 from the Vistas del Oceano case study in Loiza\, Puerto Rico. Moreover\, i
 t demonstrates how archaeobotany\, alongside radiocarbon dating\, can be u
 sed to redress extinction narratives.\n\nJoin this talk on Teams at this l
 ink: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3127979903278?p=QTsRCAlwN2gzqGwxTU
LOCATION:Hybrid/McDonald Seminar Room 
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