Archaeology of Formative Ecuador
Subtitle: a symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 7 and 8 October 1995
By: J. Scott Raymond and Richard L. Burger, editors ; Jeffrey Quilter, general editor.
Contributors: Raymond, J. Scott 1944-; Burger, Richard L.; Quilter, Jeffrey, 1949-; Dumbarton Oaks.
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 567
Subjects: Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Antiquities -- Congresses.; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ecuador -- Congresses.; Social archaeology -- Ecuador -- Congresses.; Indian pottery -- Ecuador -- Congresses.; Ecuador -- Antiquities -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 551) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / J. Scott Raymond and Richard L. Burger; title: A reassessment of the Ecuadorian Formative / Jorge G. Marcos; title: Social formations in the western lowlands of Ecuador during the early Formative / J. Scott Raymond; title: Settlement process and historical contingency in the western Ecuadorian Formative / James A. Zeidler and John S. Isaacson; title: Social and cultural development in the Ecuadorian highlands and eastern lowlands during the Formative / Karen Olsen Bruhns; title: The Zooarchaeological record from Formative Ecuador / Peter W. Stahl; title: Plant food resources of the Ecuadorian Formative : an overview and comparison to the Central Andes / Deborah M. Pearsall; title: Health issues in the early Formative of Ecuador : skeletal biology of Real Alto / Douglas H. Ubelaker; title: Ceramic assemblage variability in the Formative of Ecuador and Peru / Warren R. DeBoer; title: Expression of ideology in the Formative period of Ecuador / Karen E. Stothert; title: Nature as culture's representation : a change of focus in late Formative iconography / Tom Cummins; title: Conclusions: cultures of the Ecuadorian Formative in their Andean context / Richard L. Burger; title: Appendix A: Formative period chronology for the coast and western lowlands of Ecuador / James A. Zeidler; title: Appendix B: Formative period chronology for the northern and central highlands of Ecuador / Ronald D. Lippi; title: Appendix C: Formative period chronology for eastern Ecuador / Arthur Rostoker; title: Appendix D: Formative period chronology for the southern highlands of Ecuador / J. Scott Raymond.