Silvia Teresita Hernández Godoy

• Investigadora Titular/ Profesora Titular at Dirección Provincial de Cultura de Matanzas, Cuba/ Universidad de Matanzas

The early populations that inhabited the Antilles were traditionally understood as highly mobile groups of hunters/fishers and gatherers. Although more recent data have demonstrated that some populations engaged in the production of domestic plants and cultivars, questions remain about other aspects of their lifeways, including whether the adoption...

Resumen La Educación Superior tiene un reto ineludible, al vincularla promoción de la cultura de la profesión a través de las formas organizativas de la extensión universitaria. En este contexto destaca la carrera Gestión Sociocultural para el Desarrollo por las potencialidades que posee para la interacción con la sociedad. Su diseño curricular per...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been infecting humans for millennia and remains a global health problem, but its past diversity and dispersal routes are largely unknown. We generated HBV genomic data from 137 Eurasians and Native Americans dated between ~10,500 and ~400 years ago. We date the most recent common ancestor of all HBV lineages to between ~...

The paper aims to study intragroup variation inside the two pre-Columbian Cuban populations: the aceramic Archaic and the ceramic Taino groups, based on their cranial morphology. The latter applied artificial cranial deformation to all its members, so the groups are referred to as "non-deformed" and "deformed" samples here. Studies across different...

The development of digital technologies and the use of advanced photogrammetry programs for modeling archaeological excavations and sites have opened new possibilities for spatial analysis in archaeology and the reconstruction of archaeological contexts. In addition, these tools allow us to visually preserve the features of archaeological sites for...

The Caribbean was one of the last regions of the Americas to be settled by humans, but how, when, and from where they reached the islands remains unclear. We generated genome-wide data for 93 ancient Caribbean islanders dating between 3200-400 cal. BP and find evidence of at least three separate dispersals into the region, including two early dispe...

The use of cultigens and wild plants by Archaic Age inhabitants in Cuba is just beginning to be understood. Traditionally, people were viewed as hunter gatherers, but recent starch evidence from dental calculus of individuals at the estuarine site of Canímar Abajo has indicated that cultigens like sweet potato, maize, and common bean were consumed...

El Castillo de San Severino de Matanzas, declarado Monumento Nacional en 1978 por sus valores histórico-arquitectónicos, se inaugura como Museo Regional de la Ruta del Esclavo en 1997. Desde los inicios tuvo un proyecto de restauración asesorado por el Centro Nacional de Restauración, Conservación y Museología y la Oficina de Monumentos y Sitios Hi...

El presente trabajo aporta nuevos elementos al desarrollo de la arqueología en la mayor de las Antillas durante el siglo XIX. En el estudio se relaciona el devenir de la disciplina en el país con el avance de las ideas científicas anfines a su campo y su estrecha vinculación con la antropología y la historia a través de los hallazgos arqueológicos;...