Advances in Andean Archaeology / David L. Browman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Browman, David L., editor.

Series:

World Anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of South America--Andes--Antiquities--Congresses.

Indians of South America.

Andes--Antiquities--Congresses.

Andes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (600 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front matter

PART ONE: Analogy and Cultural Reconstruction of Lithic Industries

Introduction

The Aguas Verdes Industry of Northern Chile / JOHNSON, L. LEWIS

Toolmaking and Tool Use Among the Preceramic Peoples of Panama / RANERE, ANTHONY J.

PART TWO: Origins of Plant and Animal Domestication

Population Pressure and the Origins of Agriculture: An Archaeological Example from the Coast of Peru / COHEN, MARK N.

Origins and Distribution of Plants Domesticated in the New World Tropics / PICKERSGILL, BARBARA / HEISER, CHARLES B. JR.

Animal Domestication in the Andes / WING, ELIZABETH S.

The Pre-Columbian Araucanian Chicken (Gallus inauris) of the Mapuche Indians / WILHELM, Ο. E.

PART THREE: Cultural Development in the Northern Andes

Formative-Period Interaction Spheres in the Intermediate Area: Archaeology of Central America and Adjacent South America / MYERS, THOMAS P.

Ridged-Field Excavations in the Central Orinoco Llanos, Venezuela / DENEVAN, WILLIAM M. / ZUCCHI, ALBERTA

Ecology, Economy, and Warfare in Lowland South America / MOREY, ROBERT V. JR. / MARWITT, JOHN P.

The Formative Cultures of the Venezuela Oriente / SANOJA, MARIO / VARGAS, IRAIDA

Majolica Pottery: Determination of Its Provenience Using Thermoluminescence / VAZ, J. EDUARDO / CRUXENT, JOSÉ M.

Interpretation of Buried Structures: Coastal Sites of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil / PALLESTRINI, L.

PART FOUR: Economic and Urban Development in the Central Andes

The Cultural and Ecological Context of the Mantaro Valley During the Formative Period / MENDIETA, RAMIRO MATOS

Toward the Development of the Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku) State / BROWMAN, DAVID L.

Cerro Sechin: Medical Anthropology's Inauguration in Peru ? / GROLLIG, FRANCIS X. S.J.

Prehistory and Petroglyphs in Southern Peru / MÁLAGA, ELOY LINARES

Ecological Factors Affecting the Urban Transformation in the Last Centuries of the Pre-Columbian Era / BONAVÍA, DUCCIO

Toward a Typology of Architecture and Urbanism in the Pre-Columbian Andes / ENGEL, FRÉDÉRIC

Manifestations of Inca Culture in Two Provinces of Chile / CHARLÍN, JORGE IRIBARREN

PART FIVE: Paleoecological Studies in Argentina

Considerations on the Periodizations of Northwest Argentina / REGUEIRO, VICTOR A. NÚÑEZ

Paleoecology of the Calchaquí Valley, Salta Province, Argentina / TARRAGÓ, MYRIAM N.

Concerning the Archaeology of the Humahuaca Quebrada / PÉREZ, JOSÉ ANTONIO

Contribution to the San Jose and Santa Maria Cultures, Northwest Argentina / PERROTTA, ELENA / PODESTÁ, CLARA

Biographical Notes

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9783110810011

3110810018

OCLC:

870415845