This innovative volume builds on dialogues opened in recent years between Cuban archaeologists, whose work has long been carried out behind closed doors, and their international colleagues. The chapters included herein span a wide range of subjects across the full chronological spectrum. Thus this volume makes a crucial contribution to the field of archaeology on many fronts, not the least of which is the sharing of information across the blockade.

Susan Kepecs is an honorary fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

L. Antonio Curet is Associate Curator in the Department of Anthropology at the Field Museum in Chicago.

Gabino La Rosa Corzo is research archaeologist at the Centro de Antropología in Havana.