Encyclopedia of Prehistory Volume 7: South America
Subtitle: Published in conjunction with the Human Relations Area Files (Encyclopedia of Prehistory)
Contributors: Peter N. Peregrine (Editor); Melvin Ember (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9780306462610
Subjects: World history: BCE to c 500 CE; Prehistoric Anthropology; Reference; Archaeology / Anthropology; South America; Americas (North Central South West Indies); Archaeology; Social Science / Archaeology; Encyclopedias; Antiquities, Prehistoric; Prehistoric peoples
First sentence: Biota. The puna grasslands were idea environment for the deer and wild camelids (the vicuna and the guanaco) and also at this time supported significant herds of domestic camelids, the alpaca and the llama.