El Chorro de Maita
21°5′4.5024″N 75°48′56.6028″W / 21.084584000°N 75.815723000°W
El Chorro de Maíta is an archaeological site near Guardalavaca in Eastern Cuba[1] spanning the late prehistoric through early colonial periods, from around 1300 to around 1550 AD.[2][3][4]
The site dates from the early 16th century and consists of an excavated Indigenous settlement and cemetery, including dozens of well-preserved human remains. Recent scholarship suggests that Indigenous peoples were living here many decades after Christopher Columbus' arrival. Across from the site is a restaurant and a reconstructed Indigenous village that features life-sized models of native dwellings.
References
[edit]- ^ Valcárcel Rojas, Roberto (2016) Archaeology of Early Colonial Interaction at El Chorro de Maíta, Cuba. University Press of Florida.
- ^ Knight, Vernon James; Rojas, Roberto Valcarcel (2015-06-01). "Pottery Vessel Function and Foodways at El Chorro de Maíta, Cuba". Latin American Antiquity. 26 (2): 260–278. doi:10.7183/1045-6635.26.2.260. ISSN 1045-6635.
- ^ Torres, Joshua M. (2017-04-03). "Archaeology of Early Colonial Interaction at El Chorro de Maíta, Cuba". The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 12 (2): 302–304. doi:10.1080/15564894.2017.1281852. ISSN 1556-4894.
- ^ Pezzarossi, Guido (2018-06-01). "Archaeology of Early Colonial Interaction at El Chorro de Maíta, Cuba". Historical Archaeology. 52 (2): 512–514. doi:10.1007/s41636-018-0091-1. ISSN 2328-1103.