Abstract The Caribbean island of Carriacou is notable for its recurrent drought, paucity of large, native land animals, and well-developed bank and barrier reef system. These environmental conditions presented challenges and opportunities to the Amerindians, Europeans, and enslaved Africans who settled here through time. While available evidence suggests human presence has altered island ecology through agriculture, deforestation, erosion, species introductions, and extinction, overall human ecodynamics remain poorly understood. In 2018, the Carriacou Ecodynamics Archaeology Project (CEAP) initiated a field program investigating long-term human-environment interaction to reconstruct Carriacou’s landscape history. The CEAP seeks to develop high-resolution records for anthropogenic habitat modification and change in biotic communities from initial Amerindian settlement (ca. AD 400) through the colonial period (1740s–1974) up to the present. Pilot investigations comprising pedestrian survey, test pitting, site mapping, and geophysical survey targeted the coastal archaeological site Sabazan, where ca. 1,600 years of pre- and post-contact settlement are recorded. Here, we present the results of this first field season, demonstrating the potential of geophysical survey approaches in the Caribbean and the need for renewed, focused attention to Carriacou’s archaeological resources which are being rapidly lost due to coastal erosion.

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Carriacou生态动力学考古项目：格林纳丁斯Sabazan站点的地球物理调查和景观考古的初步结果

摘要加勒比海的卡里亚库岛（Carriacou）因经常干旱，稀少的大型本土动物以及发达的河岸和堡礁系统而著称。这些环境条件给定居于此的美洲印第安人，欧洲人和被奴役的非洲人带来了挑战和机遇。尽管现有证据表明人类的存在通过农业，森林砍伐，侵蚀，物种引进和灭绝而改变了岛屿生态，但人们对人类的整体生态动力学仍然知之甚少。2018年，卡里亚库生态动力学考古项目（CEAP）启动了一项实地计划，旨在研究人类与环境之间的长期相互作用，以重建卡里亚库的景观历史。CEAP寻求开发高分辨率记录，以记录从美洲印第安人最初的定居点（约公元400年）到殖民时期（1740年代至1974年）直至现在的生物群落的人为栖息地修改和变化。试点调查包括行人调查，测试点蚀，站点测绘和地球物理调查，这些调查针对的是沿海考古遗址Sabazan，其中 记录了1600年的前后接触定居。在这里，我们介绍了第一个田间季节的结果，表明了加勒比地区地球物理勘测方法的潜力以及对由于沿海侵蚀而迅速丧失的Carriacou考古资源的更新重点关注。试点调查包括行人调查，测试点蚀，站点测绘和地球物理调查，这些调查针对的是沿海考古遗址Sabazan，其中 记录了1600年的接触前和接触后结算。在这里，我们介绍了第一个田间季节的结果，表明了加勒比地区地球物理勘测方法的潜力以及对由于沿海侵蚀而迅速丧失的Carriacou考古资源的更新重点关注。试点调查包括行人调查，测试点蚀，站点测绘和地球物理调查，这些调查针对的是沿海考古遗址Sabazan，其中 记录了1600年的接触前和接触后结算。在这里，我们介绍了第一个田间季节的结果，表明了加勒比地区地球物理勘测方法的潜力以及对由于沿海侵蚀而迅速丧失的Carriacou考古资源的更新重点关注。