Abstract
This chapter explores new approaches to the fission and fusion processes of mobility and exchange in the Circum-Caribbean region in the pre- and early colonial periods. Using insights gleaned from the disciplines of archaeology, bio-archaeology, and linguistics we move away from the traditional uni-linear view of migration and explore the evidence for a complex multi-linear flux of migrants who were engaged in a process of dynamic networking, exchanging both goods and ideas. The emphasis in the chapter is on the notion of the Caribbean as a cultural and linguistic mosaic with group boundaries constantly being renegotiated and shifted through time within the multitude of networks that were being formed. The processes involved point us to exciting new avenues for unraveling archaeological and linguistic superimpositions. Keywords:Caribbean region; Colonial Periods; Social Networks
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