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c. AD 1430

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HT-CBCO-000216

c. AD 1430: The Sweetwater site in Jamaica is situated in a hardwood forest on a dune surrounded by a swamp, a location that is considered unusual compared to other Meillacoid sites on the island. Excavations at the site revealed a ceramic assemblage consisting exclusively of Meillacoid pottery, much of which was undecorated, though the few decorated sherds recovered are consistent with the Montego Bay style. Unlike the nearby Paradise site, the faunal deposit at Sweetwater is dominated by bivalves, specifically Lucina pectinata and Codakia orbicularis. The most common tools found were bivalve scrapers, which were conspicuously absent from contemporary sites like Bluefields Bay. This specialized tool kit and unique environmental setting suggest that the Sweetwater inhabitants were focused on a specific set of resource extraction activities within the swampy interior.

Source  ·  HT-CBCO-000216  ·  p. 202 Keegan & Hofman, 193, 202 / Bates: HT-CBCO-000216, 000225