Title: Prehispanic chiefdoms in the 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.
Subjects: Proyecto Arqueológico Valle de la Plata, Chiefdoms, Caciques (Indian leaders), Palynology, Human ecology, Indians of South America, Antiquities, Paleoecology, Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Environmental Archaeology, History - General History, Plata River Valley, Science/Mathematics, Latin America - South America, Colombia
Places: Plata River Valley, Colombia, Plata River Valley (Colombia)