The cultural foundations of early South American societies / Tom D. Dillehay and Eduardo G. Neves, editors.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Dillehay, Tom D., editor.

Neves, Eduardo, editor.

Dumbarton Oaks, host institution.

Conference Name:

Pre-Columbian Studies Symposium "Out of the Shadows: the Beginnings of South American Civilization" (2023 : Washington, D.C.) http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/no2025114097, Author.

Series:

Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/f25f5186-5048-a261-8c26-b4524c3a2828

Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric--South America--Congresses.

Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric.

Human settlements--South America--Congresses.

Human settlements.

Prehistoric peoples--South America--Congresses.

Prehistoric peoples.

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

Indians of South America.

Indians of South America--Amazon River Region--Antiquities--Congresses.

Indians of South America--Agriculture--Congresses.

South America--Civilization--Congresses.

South America.

Indians of South America--Antiquities.

Indians of South America--Agriculture.

Amazon River Region.

Andes Region.

Genre:

proceedings (reports)

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

400 pages ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks, [2026]

Summary:

"The Cultural Foundations of Early South American Societies examines the remarkable transformation of the Central Andes and the tropical Amazon beginning around 7000 BCE, when the Indigenous inhabitants began to develop food production, permanent settlements, monumental architecture, and complex social organizations. Moving beyond traditional chronological categories of "Archaic" and "Formative," the fourteen essays in this volume reveal how early South American societies followed diverse trajectories, especially in the development of agro-maritime lifestyles on the Pacific coast, animal domestication in the Andean highlands, and plant cultivation in the Amazonian lowlands. Through regional case studies spanning from southern Ecuador to northern Argentina and the eastern tropical lowlands, the contributors-primarily archaeologists-trace early community formation, technological innovation, landscape transformation, and the emergence of elaborate symbolism and craft production; these analyses offer fresh perspectives on how such developments established the foundations for later state-level societies, providing essential insights into the deep cultural history and varied pathways to social complexity in the ancient Americas"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Tom D. Dillehay and Eduardo Neves

The emergence of anthropogenic landscapes during the Early and Middle Holocene in Amazonia / Jennifer Watling

The economic, environmental, and social conditions surrounding the origins, development, and dispersals of agriculture in South America / Dolores R. Piperno

Early ceramics and monumentalism in the Amazon and the tropical Atlantic Coast of South America / Eduardo G. Neves

The winds of change : early dispersion of ceramic styles in Amazonia / Helena Pinto Lima

Formative transitions revisited : a reconsideration of early Ecuadorian settlements / Mar<U+fffd>ia Fernanda Ugalde and Eric Dyrdahl

Early monument-building on the North Coast of Peru : community and identity formation / Tom D. Dillehay

Ritual architecture and the emergence of social complexity in the Central Andes / Rafael Vega Centeno

Trajectories toward permanent communities on the Pacific Coast of South America between 12<U+fffd>S and 20<U+fffd>S / David G. Beresford-Jones

All together now : the Andean formative in the time of territoriality / Christine A. Hastorf

Early socioecological complexity in the South-Central Andes / Jos<U+fffd>e M. Capriles

Rooting in the land : material and symbolic differentiation in Northwest Argentina / Mar<U+fffd>ia Cristina Scattolin

Central Andean Pre-Formative art and its significance for social complexity / Peter Kaulicke

Finding light among the shadows : discussant comments / Miriam Stark.

Notes:

"Volume based on papers presented at the Pre-Columbian Studies symposium "Out of the Shadows: The Beginnings of South American Civilization," held at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., on October 6-7, 2023."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Cultural foundations of early South American societies

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780884025344

0884025349

OCLC:

1530783713

Publisher Number:

CIPO000392163