Brings Caribbean archaeology in line with current thinking about social stratification and repositions the role of archaeology to uncover smaller-scale daily lives of ancient peoples rather than focusing on the large-scale chiefdoms.

Contributions by: Gordon Ambrosio, L. Antonio Curet, Mariela V. Declet Pérez, Harper Dine, Geoffrey R. DuChemin, Debra K. Green, María Mercedes Martínez Milantchi, José Mirão, Maria A. Nieves-Colón, William J. Pestle, Ali Pourmond, Charis L. Rodríguez Nieves, Reniel Rodríguez Ramos, Lisa M. Stringer, Joshua M. Torres, Anna Tsoupra