About the Author

James G. Cusick is curator of the P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History at the University of Florida, USA and author of The Other War of 1812: The Patriot War and the American Invasion of Spanish East Florida.

Reviews

"The collection presents a useful compendium of recent scholarship on culture contact studies in archaeology. Its broad coverage is its major strength and one that makes it a welcome addition to the literature on culture contact. Intended as a primer, the volume more than fulfills its goal."--Patricia E. Rubertone, American Anthropologist, March 2000, Vol. 102, No. 1"[This book] span[s] an impressive temporal and geographical spread. This diversity allows an especially rich perspective on the archaeology of contact.... This compendium integrates much of the current thought on culture contact. Perhaps more importantly, it opens a discourse between prehistorians and historical archaeologists; we must transcend this artificial boundary in our profession if we hope to understand this very crucial process of culture contact."--Susan Dublin, Historical Archaeology, 1999"This volume provides a valuable overview of both contemporary Old- and New-World culture contact studies, competing points of view on world systems models, and an extensive review of the history of anthropological studies of culture contact."--David F. Mora-Marin, Latin American Antiquity, 2000, Vol. 11, No. 2