Archaeology in the lowland American tropics
Subtitle: current analytical methods and applications
By: edited by Peter W. Stahl.
Contributors: Stahl, Peter W.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Lathrap, Donald Ward, 1927-; Indians of South America -- Antiquities.; Archaeology -- Methodology.; Tropics -- Antiquities.; South America -- Antiquities.
Description: "Collection of 11 papers about analytical methods and their recent applications. Methods include survey techniques, community organization, landscapes, environmental stress, paleoethnobotany, plant microfossils, zooarchaeology, human osteology, stable isotope analysis, pottery analysis, and historical evidence. Regional coverage includes Puerto Rico, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-304) and index.