A true "first," this encyclopedia is the only comprehensive guide ever published on the archaeology and traditional culture of the Caribbean. * 500 A-Z entries on all major prehistoric civilizations and archaeological sites ranging from Amazons and Black Legend to Shamanism and Vodoun * Comprehensive introductory essay providing a framework of the archaeological and cultural heritage of the Caribbean peoples * References with each entry as well as a comprehensive end-of-volume bibliography, making further research easy * Chronology of the Caribbean's diverse prehistoric, colonial, and modern peoples from c. 5,000 B.C. to the present