Pacific Latin America in Prehistory

The Evolution of Archaic and Formative Cultures

Michael Blake (Herausgeber)

Mark S. Aldenderfer, Barbara Arroyo, Bruce F. Benz, John E. Clark (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

234 Seiten

1999
Washington State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-87422-166-4 (ISBN)

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A remarkable range of ancient societies and economies flourished in the environmentally diverse coastal regions of Pacific Latin America. This first ever synthesis from a Pacific perspective describes the archaeological investigations recently undertaken in the coastal littoral. Studying the similarities, and the many differences, of these varied prehistoric cultures can help us understand some central issues in archaeology--to what extent were cultural variations caused by different historical traditions, environmental conditions, and interactions with neighboring peoples, and how do civilizations arise?In this volume, specialists explain their latest findings in terms of archaic period adaptations, the development and spread of agriculture, the beginnings of sedentism, the formative periods of civilization, and the origins of socio-political inequality. The essays report on archaeological research in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Ecuador, and Peru--an are extending from the Marismas region of coastal Mexico to Chile's north coast.

Michael Blake is a professor and archaeologist in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Preface
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction
1. Introduction to the Archaeology of Pacific Latin America
by Michael Blake

Part I: Mesoamerica
2. The Marismas Nacionales Project, Sinaloa and Nayarit, Mexico
by Stuart D. Scott
3. On the Origin, Evolution, and Dispersal of Maize
by Bruce F. Benz
4. Late Archaic Period Coastal Collectors in Southern Mesoamerica: The Chantuto People Revisited
by George H. Michaels and Barbara Voorhies
5. The Emergence of Hereditary Inequality: The Case of Pacific Coastal Chiapas, Mexico
by Michael Blake and John E. Clark
6. Early Formative Societies in Guatemala and El Salvador
by Mary E. Pye, Arthur A. Demarest, and Barbara Arroyo
7. Economic Patterns in the Development of Complex Society in Pacific Guatemala
by Michael W. Love

Part II: Central America
8. Precolumbian Fishing on the Pacific Coast of Panama
by Richard G. Cooke and Anthony J. Ranere
9. The Origins and Development of Food Production in Pacific Panama
by Dolores R. Piperno

Part III: South America
10. Wetlands as Resource Concentrations in Southwestern Ecuador
by Alfred H. Siemens
11. Early Formative Societies in the Tropical Lowlands of Western Ecuador: a View from the Valdivia Valley
by J. Scott Raymond
12. Agricultural Evolution and the Emergence of Formative Societies in Ecuador
by Deborah M. Pearsall
13. Andean Coastal Adaptations: Uniformitarianism and Multilinear Evolution
by Michael E. Moseley
14. The Development of Agriculture and the Emergence of Formative Civilization in the Central Andes
by Thomas C. Patterson
15. Archaic Period Maritime Adaptations in Peru
by Karen Wise
16. Archaic Adaptation on the South-Central Andean Coast
by Lautaro Nunez
17. The Late Preceramic-Early Formative Transition on the South-Central Andean Littoral
by Mark S. Aldenderfer

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.2.1999
Verlagsort	Pullman, WA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Karten / Stadtpläne / Atlanten ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	0-87422-166-8 / 0874221668
ISBN-13	978-0-87422-166-4 / 9780874221664
Zustand	Neuware