Prehispanic chiefdoms in the Valle de la Plata =
Subtitle: Cacicazgos prehispánicos del Valle de la Plata.
Contributors: Herrera de Turbay, Luisa Fernanda.; Drennan, Robert D.; Uribe, Carlos A.; Jaramillo E., Luis Gonzalo.; Quattrin, Dale W.
Series: University of Pittsburgh memoirs in Latin American archaeology ;; no. 2, <5, 10   >
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Anthropology; Departamento de Antropología, Universidad de los Andes
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Pittsburgh; Bogotá
Language: eng
Subjects: Proyecto Arqueológico Valle de la Plata; Indians of South America -- Colombia -- Plata River Valley -- Antiquities; Caciques (Indian leaders) -- Colombia -- Plata River Valley; Chiefdoms -- Colombia -- Plata River Valley; Human ecology -- Colombia -- Plata River Valley; Paleoecology -- Colombia -- Plata River Valley; Palynology -- Colombia -- Plata River Valley; Plata River Valley (Colombia) -- Antiquities; Colombia -- Antiquities
Other titles: Cacicazgos prehispánicos del Valle de la Plata.
Description: "Seven pottery types defining three Formative, two Regional Classic, and one Recent Phase were clustered based on mineralogy to estimate population growth and centralized control.  Results imply elites were established several centuries prior to economic centralization"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
English and Spanish.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The environmental context of human habitation / edited by Luisa Fernanda Herrera, Robert D. Drennan, Carlos A. Uribe; title: v. 2. Ceramics; title: chronology and craft production / edited by Robert D. Drennan, Mary M. Taft, Carlos A. Uribe; title: v. 3. The socioeconomic structure of Formative 3 communities / Luis Gonzalo Jaramillo E.; title: v. 4. Vertical economy, interchange, and social change during the formative period / Dale W. Quattrin