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Chroniclers of the Encounter
F. Keegan ("Beachhead in the Bahamas " page
William
44) is assistant curator of anthropology at the Florida Museum of
Natural History in Gainesville. He
received his Ph.D. in 1985 from the
University of California at Los Angeles; his area of specialization is
Caribbean archaeology. He has
directed archaeological investigations throughout the Bahamian archipelago and on Grenada. His
numerous scientific articles and
reports have appeared in journals
such as American Antiquity, American
, and Antiquity.
Anthropologist
Dave D. Davis ("Rumor of Cannibals," page 49) received his Ph.D. in
anthropology from Yale University.
His particular focus is Precolumbian
colonization, and the relationships
between material culture and cultural
identity. He is currently professor of
anthropology and dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences at the University
of Southern Maine.
Herman J. Viola ("The Great Exchange," page 57) is director of Quincentenary Programs at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum
of Natural History and director of the
Seedsof Changeexhibition.
Jamaica Specialist
Smith ("Jamaica's Enduring
KC Heritage," page 73) is program
supervisor at San Luis Archaeological and Historic Site in Tallahassee,
Florida. She worked at St. Ann's Bay
from 1982 to 1984 as part of the
Columbus Caravels Project sponsored by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, Texas A&M University.
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