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Travels and archaeology in South Chile.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-1982.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-.
- Chile--Antiquities.
- Indians of South America--Chile--Antiquities.
- Indians of South America.
- Chile.
- Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-1982.
- Bird, Junius Bouton.
- Local Subjects:
- Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-.
- Chile--Antiquities.
- Indians of South America--Chile--Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (282 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""This is a remarkable book by one of the true geniuses in the field of anthropology during this century and one who provided valuable data for specialists in other disciplines as well.""--H. M. Wormington""An engaging manuscript that should charm a broad audience.""--Thomas F. Lynch""The field notes of Junius, and Peggy's diary, are valuable records of the excavations, artifacts, and interpretations of the best archaeologists to work in the southern tip of South America.""--James G. GriffinJunius Bird's three great archaeological field achievements--at the Strait of Magellan in Chilean Patago
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Biographical Essay: Junius Bouton Bird and American Archaeology; 1. BACKGROUND AND DEPARTURE; Overview; South Chile and the Canoe Indians; Daily Life Sailing the Channels; 2. CHRONOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS AND DATING; The Periods; The Radiocarbon Dates; 3. CAÑADON LEONA; General Description; Excavation Information; The Artifacts; Faunal Remains; Possible Age of Deposit; Burials; Summary; Daily Life; 4. PALLI AIKE; General Description; Excavation in Two Phases; Excavation Information; The Artifacts; Possible Age of Deposit; Faunal Remains; Human Remains; Daily Life
- 5. FELL'S CAVEGeneral Description; Excavation Information, 1936-1937; The Artifacts; Faunal Remains; Daily Life; Excavations by John Fell and the French Mission; Excavations, 1969-1970; The Carnivore Remains Excavated at Fell's Cave in 1970; Fell's Cave: 11,000 Years of Changes in Paleoenvironments, Fauna, and Human Occupation; 6. CERRO SOTA CAVE; General Description; Excavation Information; The Artifacts; Faunal Remains; A Group Burial; Probable Dating of the Deposit; Daily Life; 7. MYLODON CAVE; Background; Structure of the Floor Deposit; Results and Conclusions; Human Remains; Sloth Skin
- Broken or "Cut" BoneDomestication of the Sloth; Summary of Evidence; Age of Remains; Two Additional Specimens; Editor's Postscript; Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9781587290145
- 1587290146
- OCLC:
- 44959400
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