W. Stahl (ed.)

Archaeology in the Lowland American Tropics

Herausgeber: Stahl, Peter W.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The lowland American tropics have posed great challenges for archaeologists. Working in awkward terrain, in humid conditions where preservation is difficult, modern scholars pioneered new methods that increasingly influence archaeological practice internationally. The contributors to this volume all have substantial experience in the region. Their essays explore problems of site discovery, excavation, the preservation of artifacts and osteological and botanical remains, and methods of analysis. Specific technical innovations are discussed in relation to particular excavations. This book will be welcomed by all archaeologists, ecologists, and paleontologists working in the tropics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 756g
• ISBN-13: 9780521444866
• ISBN-10: 0521444861
• Artikelnr.: 21854645

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Introduction Peter
W. Stahl; 1. Archaeological survey and site discovery in the forested
neotropics James A. Zeidler; 2. The archaeology of community organization
in the tropical lowlands: a case study from Puerto Rico Peter E. Siegel; 3.
Archaeological methods for the study of ancient landscapes of the Llanos de
Mojos in the Bolivian Amazon Clark L. Erickson; 4. Searching for
environmental stress: climatic and anthropogenic influences on the
landscape of Colombia Warwick Bray; 5. 'Doing' paleoethnobotany in the
tropical lowlands: adaptation and innovation in methodology Deborah M.
Pearsall; 6. Plant microfossils and their application in the New World
tropics Dolores R. Piperno; 7. Differential preservation histories
affecting the mammalian zooarchaeological record from the forested
neotropical lowlands Peter W. Stahl; 8. Biological research with
archaeologically recovered human remains from Ecuador: methodological
issues Douglas H. Ubelaker; 9. Interpreting dietary maize from bone stable
isotopes in the American tropics: the state of the art Lynette Norr;
10. From potsherds to pots: a first step in constructing cultural context
from tropical forest archaeology J. Scott Raymond; 11. Returning to Pueblo
Viejo: history and archaeology of the Chachi (Ecuador) Warren R. Deboer;
References; Index.