Title: Archéologie de l'Amazonie : les premiers habitants de la Guyane côtière /
Authors: Rostain, Stéphen
Year: 2015
Subjects: Indians of South America Guiana Antiquities.; Excavations (Archaeology) Guiana.; Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology); Indians of South America Antiquities.; Guiana Antiquities.; South America Guiana
Abstract: "The history of European settlement of South Americas has been the subject of much historical, archaeological and anthropological research. Guianas in the Amazon region, however life and society in the pre-Columbian period remain comparatively neglected topics. Though the Guianas were inhabited by different local groups before and after European colonisation began in the late sixteenth century, little is known about Pre-Columbian life and society in this region. The eleven papers in this volume seek to fill this gap in research, each focussing on a range of different archaeological and historical methods, such as archaeobotanical analysis, cartography and ethnology. This volume provides a highly original, multifaceted and truly interdisciplinary account of the pre-Columbian Guianas. It also benefits from a greater focus on scientific analysis than the few other studies of the region in this period."--
Contents: Résumé -- Abstract -- Préface / André Delpuech -- Le projet "Préhistorie de la côte occidentale de Guyane" / Stéphen Rostain -- La bouclier des Guyanes, le plus vieux des Nouveaux Mondes / Emmanuel Lézy -- Archéologie et cartographic ancienne / Éric Gassies & Sandra Kayamaré -- Dater le passé précolumbien / Céline Roque & Emmanuel Vartanian -- Villages précolombiens de plage / Mickaël Mestre & Stéphen Rostain -- Un cimetière précolombien sur la côte / Martijn van den Bel -- L'archéologie des champs surélevés / Stéphen Rostain -- Cultiver les marécages / Lydie Clerc -- Les plantes cultivées sur les champs surélevés précolombiens / Magali Chacornac et Stéphen Rostain -- La céramique Arauquinoïde / Claude Coutet -- "Les peuples qui habitent ces rivières ..." / Gérard Collomb -- Annexe: cartes consultées / Éric Gassies -- Bibliographie.