ISBN:
0-8263-0717-5
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978-0-8263-0717-0
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 476 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
Edition:
First edition
Series Statement:
School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series [23]
Series Statement:
A _School of American Research Book [23]
Keywords:
Mittelamerika Archäologie
;
Evolution, kulturelle
;
Indianer, präkolumbianisch, Mittelamerika
;
El Salvador
;
Honduras
;
Karibik
;
Costa Rica
;
Panama
;
Kolumbien
Abstract:
This book provides a much-needed overview of the archaeological past, present, and future of lower Central America. It addresses questions such as why the region never produced complex societies like its neighbors to the north and south and takes up themes such as ecological adaptation and subsistence, trade, and sociopolitical development. (Verlagsangaben)
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface, Fredrick W. Lange and Doris Z. Stone -- Part 1. Introduction -- 1. Introduction, Frederick W. Lange and Doris Z. Stone -- 2. A History of Lower Central American Archaeology, Doris Z. Stone -- 3. Cultural Geography of Pre-Columbian Lower Central America, Frederick W. Lange -- Part 2. The northern frontier of lower Central America -- 4. Lower Central America as Seen from Mesoamerica, Robert J. Sharer -- 5. The Prehistory of El Salvador: An Interpretive Summary, Payson D. Sheets -- 6. The Archaeology of Honduras, Paul F. Healy -- Part 3. The lower Central American core -- 7. The Greater Nicoya Archaeological Subarea, Frederick W. Lange -- 8. Central America: The Lower Caribbean, M.J. Snarskis -- 9. The Archaeology of Greater Chiriqui, Wolfgang Haberland -- 9. A Note on Southwestern Costa Rica, Robert P. Drolet -- Part 4. The southern frontier of lower Central America -- 10. Archaeological Research in Central and Eastern Panama: A Review of Some Problems, Richard Cooke -- 11. Across the Darien Gap: A Colombian View of Isthmian Archaeology, Warwick Bray -- Part 5. Summary statement - 12. A Summary of the Archaeology of Lower Central America, Gordon R. Willey -- Appendixes -- References -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 407-456"The advanced seminar on lower Central American archaeology was held April 8-14, 1980, in the seminar facilities at the School of American Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico." (Preface)Enthält 13 Beiträge
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