THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

By Desmond V. Nicholson.
15 pp. Size 6 x 8 inches.

This summary of the islands’ archaeology is based on theories of the early peopling of the West Indies as suggested in the Yale publication of Professor Rouse’s  book “The Tainos: Rise & Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus”.  Included is a summary of interesting research that took place in our island before 1994. A list of excavations (49) with a list of carbon dates (57) is included.

Price: US$8 or $EC20

THE STORY OF THE ARAWAKS IN ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

By Desmond V. Nicholson
37 pp. 8 x11 inches. 

This publication is attractively printed on light brown paper in two colours. The reading is easy for all ages, telling the story of the first inhabitants of our native land. Sections include where the Amerindians lived in Antigua and Barbuda, their language and beliefs, and other aspects of lifestyle. There are many pictures of their artifacts from Antigua.

Price: US$10 or EC$27

MUD & BLOOD:
ARTIFACTS FROM DREDGING ENGLISH HARBOUR AND THE NAVAL HOSPITAL

by Desmond V. Nicholson
24 pp. Size 7x8 inches.

This is a paper delivered at a Caribbean Archaeology Congress in Puerto Rico in 1993. It covers salvage operations to save artifacts from the dredged mud of English Harbour and from bulldozing during the clearing of a building site on English Harbour.

Price: US$8 or EC$20