Underwater and coastal archaeology in Latin America / edited by Dolores Elkin and Christophe Delaere ; foreword by Marc-Andre´ Bernier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Elkin, Dolores, editor.

Delaere, Christophe, editor.

Bernier, Marc A. (Marc-André), 1963- writer of foreword.

Series:

Florida scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Underwater archaeology--Latin America.

Underwater archaeology.

Coastal zone management--Latin America.

Coastal zone management.

Latin America--Antiquities.

Latin America.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (420 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2023]

Summary:

This volume features a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to underwater and coastal archaeology in Latin America, showcasing the efforts of 82 researchers working across the region.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Foreword

Acknowledgments

1. Overview of Archaeological Evidence on the Use of Inland and Maritime Waters in Latin America

Part I. The Pre-Hispanic Period

2. Archaeological Evidence in the Caves and Cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

3. Contexts and Meanings of Pre-Hispanic Underwater Offerings Discovered in the Volcanic Lakes of Nevado de Toluca, Mexico

4. Dugout Canoes and Waterways: Ethnographic and Archaeological Evidence from Belize and the Maya Territory

5. Human Resilience in Fluvial Environments in Pre-Hispanic Central Nicaragua

6. Pre-Columbian Lifeways at Three Estuarine and Two Platform Island Sites in Pacific Panama

7. Pre-Hispanic Subsistence Strategies on the Central and Southern Coast of Ecuador: Ligüiqui and Puná Island

8. Moche Paraphernalia and Rituality in the Islands of Peru: Archaeological Objects from Guano Exploitation in the Nineteenth Century

9. A Spondylus Workshop within a Ritual Building at Pachacamac on the Central Coast of Peru (ca. AD 1470-1533)

10. Change and Continuity in the Diet of El Huarco-Cerro Azul, Peru, during the Inca Arrival (AD 1470-1532)

11. Inland Water Archaeology in Andean Lakes

12. Unraveling Animal Sacrifice and Taphonomy: Analysis of Faunal Remains from the Underwater Khoa Reef Sanctuary in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

13. Three-Beam Models from the Coast of the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile

14. Balsa Wood Rafts and Chinchorro Fishing: A Maritime Ethnoarchaeology Approach to the Study of Miniature Rafts from Arica, Chile (AD 1000-1400)

15. Maritime Resources in Ceremonial Contexts of the Atacama Desert during the Formative Period (1500 BC-AD 400): The Case of Concholepas concholepas

Part II. The Historical Period

16. Archaeological Research of the El Ángel and 40 Cañones Sites in Banco Chinchorro, Quintana Roo, Mexico

17. First Approaches to the Treasure of Alacranes Reef: A Multidisciplinary Study of the Ancla Macuca Shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico

18. The Dutch Presence in Cuban Waters: Underwater Archaeology on the Northwestern Coast of Havana and in Artemisa Province

19. The Shipwreck of the French Fleet in Las Aves de Sotavento, Venezuela: A Seventeenth-Century Maritime Disaster

20. The Shipwreck of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe: Reconstruction of the Hull and Cargo of an Eighteenth-Century Spanish Ship That Sank in the Bay of Samaná

21. Defensive Maritime Space in the Bay of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) in the Eighteenth Century

22. Archaeological Research in the Arquipelago de São Pedro e São Paulo, Brazil

23. Revisiting the Archaeology of the Harbor of Cananeia in São Paulo in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-6796-0

0-8130-7059-7

OCLC:

1417179414