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Archaeology in Latin America / edited by Gustavo G. Politis and Benjamin Alberti.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of South America--Antiquities.
- Archaeology--Latin America.
- Indians--Antiquities.
- Archaeology.
- Latin America--Antiquities.
- Latin America.
- Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Latin American archaeology: an inside view / Gustavo G. Politis 1
- Part 1 History and theory: the development of contemporary archaeology in Latin America 15
- Chapter 2 Brazilian Archaeology: a reappraisal / Pedro Paulo A. Funari 17
- Chapter 3 Some aspects of the French influence upon Uruguayan and Brazilian archaeology / Jose M. Lopez Mazz 38
- Chapter 4 Archaeology as a social science: its expression in Latin America / Iraida Vargas Arenas, Mario Sanoja 59
- Chapter 5 The archaeology of hunter-gatherers in South America: recent history and new directions / Jose Luis Lanata, Luis Alberto Borrero 76
- Part 2 Key issues in Latin American archaeology 91
- Chapter 6 The emergence of complex urban societies in Central Mexico: the case of Teotihuacan / Linda Manzanilla 93
- Chapter 7 The domestication of Andean camelids / Duccio Bonavia 130
- Chapter 8 Early modes of life of the indigenous population of northeastern Venezuela / Mario Sanoja, Iraida Vargas Arenas 148
- Chapter 9 Tawantinsuyu: the frontiers of the Inca Empire / Rodolfo Raffino, Ruben Stehberg 167
- Part 3 New directions 183
- Chapter 10 The archaeological culture of San Agustin: towards a new interpretation / Cesar Velandia 185
- Chapter 11 Changing Perspectives in Amazonian Archaeology / Eduardo G. Neves 216
- Chapter 12 Pre-Columbian metallurgy and social change: two case studies from Colombia / Carl Henrik Langebaek R. 244
- Chapter 13 Archaeology and historical multivocality: a reflection from the Colombian multicultural context / Cristobal Gnecco 258.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0415133084
- 0415221587
- OCLC:
- 41319888
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