San Jacinto I : a historical ecological approach to an archaic site in Colombia / Augusto Oyuela-Caycedo and Renee M. Bonzani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oyuela-Caycedo, Augusto, 1961-

Contributor:

Bonzani, Renée M., 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of South America--Colombia--Bolivar (Dept.)--Antiquities.

Indians of South America.

Indian pottery--Colombia--Bolivar (Dept.).

Indian pottery.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Colombia--Bolivar (Dept.).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Plant remains (Archaeology)--Colombia--Bolivar (Dept.).

Plant remains (Archaeology).

Animal remains (Archaeology)--Colombia--Bolivar (Dept.).

Animal remains (Archaeology).

San Jacinto 1 Site (Colombia).

Bolívar (Colombia : Department)--Antiquities.

Bolívar (Colombia : Department).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

San Jacinto 1

San Jacinto one

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A significant work of neotropical archaeology presenting evidence of early hunter-gatherers who produced fiber-tempered ceramics. Few topics in the development of humans have prompted as much interest and debate as those of the origins of pottery and agriculture. The first appearance of pottery in any area of the world is heralded as a new stage in the progress of humans toward a more complex arrangement of thought and society. Cultures are defined and separated by the occurrence of pottery types, and the association of pottery with mobility and agriculture continues to

Contents:

The theoretical framework

The strata and features

The pottery and lithics

The ecofactual remains

San Jacinto I in perspective.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-214) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8348-4

OCLC:

609852648