South American Contributions to World Archaeology
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Beschreibung
This book focuses on South American archaeology and its contributions to the broader global archaeological discussion in theory, methods and new interpretations of the archaeological record. These include discussions on human peopling and colonization of the continent, domestication of plants and emergence of complex societies. This volume covers a wide variety of sub-disciplines in archaeology, including archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, molecular archaeology, bioarchaeology, geoarchaeology.
The chapters span from the pre-Columbian to contemporaneous indigenous societies for all the main geographical and ecological zones of South America. The book discusses how particular cases of South American archaeology have contributed to the understanding of a global and basic issue: human relations with their environments and landscapes during the past. The authors focus on the latest results produced by multidisciplinary studies carried out at archaeological sites in several areas of South America ranging from studies of early hunter-gatherers through the historic period. This work would be of interest to researchers in archaeology and Latin American studies.
Discusses how particular cases of South American archaeology have contributed to the understanding of a global and basic issue: human relations with their environments and landscapes during the past Throughout multidisciplinary approaches, South American archaeologists study complex issues such as site formation and taphonomy processes and chronological sequences at archaeological deposits, past human-use of animal, plant and mineral resources, influence of palaeoclimatic changes on human settlement patterns, and population dynamics Includes latest results produced by multidisciplinary studies carried out at archaeological sites in several areas of South America ranging from studies of early hunter-gatherers through the historic period
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Mariano Bonomo
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South American ancient societies and archaeological data prehistoric humans as agents in environmental modification soil and shell middens formation analysis of geological, biological and anthropological sciences trajectories of societies and different cultural landscapes
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