Archaeology, volcanism, and remote sensing in the Arenal region, Costa Rica
By: Payson D. Sheets, Brian R. McKee, editors.
Contributors: Sheets, Payson D.; McKee, Brian R. 1961-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Indians of Central America -- Costa Rica -- Arenal, Lake, Region -- Antiquities.; Archaeology -- Remote sensing.; Volcanism -- Costa Rica.; Arenal, Lake, Region (Costa Rica) -- Antiquities.
Description: "This book contains 17 chapters by 13 authors; 10 are single-authored and the others by various combinations of multiple authors. The work is meticulous ranging from regional to site descriptions, and covering remote sensing applications, chipped stone, ground stone, jewelry, phytoliths, pollen, and macrobotanicals. An excellent account of the archaeology in this region beginning with Paleoindian occupations. Provides a complementary data set to those collected under similar circumstances in El Salvador and Panama"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-338) and index.