Archaeology of the Rivas region, Nicaragua / Paul F. Healy ; with a foreword by Gordon R. Willey, and a chapter on Rivas fauna by Mary Pohl and Paul F. Healy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Healy, Paul F. (Paul Francis), 1948-

Contributor:

Pohl, Mary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Central America--Nicaragua--Rivas (Dept.)--Antiquities.

Indians of Central America.

Indian pottery--Nicaragua--Rivas (Dept.).

Indian pottery.

Rivas (Nicaragua : Department)--Antiquities.

Rivas (Nicaragua : Department).

Nicaragua--Antiquities.

Nicaragua.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (413 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Central America before the Spanish Conquest has often been considered by North American archaeologists as a “backwater” of peripheral importance located between the advanced ancient civilizations of South America and Mesoamerica (Mexican–Maya country). Recent archaeological research has revealed that this area played a much more significant role in New World cultural history than was previously thought. Healy’s study examines the archaeological record of one subarea of Southern Central America, the Rivas region of Pacific Nicaragua. The work gives a detailed analysis of excavations and of artifacts recovered at seven significant prehistoric sites. A critical pioneering effort, the monograph documents cultural changes occurring over a 2,000–year time period—changes in technology, material culture, settlement, subsistence, and socio–political organization.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Figures

Tables

Plates

Foreword

Preface

Nicaragua: A Prospectus

Introduction

The Biogeographical Setting of Nicaragua

A Brief History of the Culture Subarea

Archaeology of the Rivas Region

The Archaeological Sites

Cultural Remains of Rivas and their Interpretation

The Ceramics of Rivas

The Artifacts: Ceramic, Stone, Bone, Shell, and Metal

“Mohammed’s Paradise”: The Exploitation of Faunal Resources in the Rivas Region of Nicaragua

The Rivas Culture History

The Rivas Sequence: Relative and Absolute Chronology

Comparative Analysis: The Place of Rivas in Central American Archaeology

A Proposed Culture History of the Rivas Region

A Summary

References Cited

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

One fold. leaf in pocket.

Includes bibliography and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780889207844

0889207844

OCLC:

243569752