Precolumbian social change in San Ramon de Alajuela, Costa Rica / Mauricio Murillo Herrera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murillo Herrera, Mauricio.

Series:

University of Pittsburgh memoirs in Latin American archaeology ; no. 22.

University of Pittsburgh memoirs in Latin American archaeology ; no. 22

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Indians of Central America--Costa Rica--San Ramón (Canton)--History.

Indians of Central America.

Indians of Central America--Costa Rica--San Ramón (Canton)--Social conditions.

Indians of Central America--Costa Rica--San Ramón (Canton)--Politics and government.

Social change--Costa Rica--San Ramón (Canton).

Social change.

Politics and government.

Social conditions.

History.

San Ramón (Costa Rica : Canton)--Antiquities.

San Ramón (Costa Rica : Canton).

Costa Rica--San Ramón (Canton).

Physical Description:

xiv, 84 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Center for Comparative Archaeology, [2011]

Language Note:

In English and Spanish.

Summary:

Monographs in this series present final reports of primary archaeological research in Latin America and this one is the finished dissertation that Herrera completed at the University of Pittsburgh. Facing pages of Spanish and English focus on the history of social and political change in this area of Pre-Columbian Central America. 30 figures supporting the text depict maps or contoured surfaces. An appendix directs the user toward a website where they can access detailed data from the study, and offers an email address from which to request a complete dataset. An extensive bibliography is included, but no index. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Social change and Precolumbian Central America = Cambio social y América Central precolombina

Methodological design = El diseño metodológico

Regional demographic reconstruction = Reconstrucción de la demografía regional

Sociopolitical change in San Ramón de Alajuela = Cambio sociopolítico en San Ramón de Alajuela

Sociopolitical development in Precolumbian San Ramón : implications for models of Precolumbian social change and further research = Desarrollo sociopolítico en San Ramón precolombino : implicaciones para los modelos de cambio social antiguo e investigaciones futuras.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-84).

ISBN:

9781877812903

1877812900

OCLC:

756767615