Stone trees transplanted? : Central Mexican stelae of the epiclassic and early postclassic and the question of Maya 'influence' /
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Stelae dating to the Epiclassic (650-900 CE) and Early Postclassic (950-1150 CE) from Tula, Xochicalco, and other sites in Central Mexico have been presented in the archaeological and art historical literature of the last four decades, when they have been addressed at all, as evidence of classic Maya 'influence' on Central Mexican art during these periods. This book re-evaluates these claims via detailed comparative analysis of the Central Mexican stelae and their claimed Maya counterparts.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784910112 (PDF ebook) :
Un estudio de tecnología lítica desde la antropología de las técnicas : el caso del Alero Deodoro Roca ca. 3000 AP, Ongamira, Ischilín, Córdoba /
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As part of a series of research projects on the archaeology of hunter-gatherers societies in the Southern Pampean Hills this presents, among other things, the study of various aspects of the organization of lithic technology and strategies for the use of lithic resources by prehistoric populations. This is in order to understand the social aspects that allow us to recognize and describe habitus or ways of doing things. In this book we studied lithic assemblages, in the manner described above from stratigraphic levels of the Alero Deodoro Roca (Deodoro Roca Rockshelter) comprising chronologies between ca. 3000 years BP to ca. 3600 years BP.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784913502 (ebook) :
Recent investigations in the Puuc region of Yucatán /
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The papers here focus on the history of the Puuc region, Yucatán, incorporating archaeological, architectural, epigraphic, and iconographic studies.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784915452 (ebook) :
Wari women from Huarmey : bioarchaeological interpretation of human remains from the Wari Elite Mausoleum at Castillo de Huarmey, Peru /
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Excavations at the Castillo de Huarmey archaeological site brought to light the first intact burial of female high-elite members of the Wari culture. It was found beneath a large adobe mausoleum, a landmark and focal point of the lower Huarmey Valley. Abundant grave goods, among which were precious metal artefacts, luxurious pottery, beautifully decorated bone and wooden objects, as well as spinning and weaving utensils, leave no doubt about the social status of individuals buried within the main chamber. The very unique character of the find was additionally emphasised by the fact that all of the buried individuals were women, accompanied by two grave guardians, and the remains of ancestors. This book presents the results of bioarchaeological analyses performed to date, and focuses on reconstructing the funeral rite and social status of the deceased.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (vi, 152 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789691856 (ebook) :
The archaeology of Yucatán : new directions and data /
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This volume was conceived to provide a forum for Mexican and foreign scholars to publish new data and interpretations on the archaeology of the northern Maya lowlands, specifically the State of Yucatán.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784910099 (PDF ebook) :
Cultural dynamics and production activities in ancient western Mexico : papers from a symposium held in the Center for Archaeological Research, El Colegio de Michoacán 18-19 Septem...
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This title presents a collection of papers from the Symposium on Cultural Dynamics and Production Activities in Ancient Western Mexico, held at the Center for Archaeological Research of the Colegio de Michoacán on September 18-19, 2014. While these thought-provoking essays on key topics in Western Mexican archaeology will spark debate among scholars interested in this cultural area, they will also be of interest to students of ancient Mesoamerica as a whole. The time is ripe for insightful discussions and new syntheses of archaeological research in Western Mesoamerica, and this volume represents, undoubtedly, a valuable contribution to this urgent task.
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Previously issued in print: 2016.
Selected conference papers. :
1 online resource :
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9781784913564 (ebook) :
Easter Island archaeology : a tribute to Daniel Schávelzon on the 30th anniversary of the Center for Urban Archaeology at the University of Buenos Aires = Arqueologia en Rapa Nui (...
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This well illustrated volume presents in its introduction a personal history of Daniel Schávelzon's experience of Easter Island during his youth before collecting all the papers and work he produced in 2014 leading up to his retirement.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784913601 (ebook) :
Essai bibliographique sur l'archéologie francophone de la mésoamérique = Bibliographical essay upon the French-speaking contributions to Mesoamerican archaeology = Ensayo bibliográ...
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The present bibliography of contributions in French to Mesoamerican studies aims to serve several purposes. For more than a century, Spanish, English and French were the three official languages of the International Congresses of Americanists. This situation stems from historical reasons: the first Congresses took place in Nancy, Luxemburg and Brussels. Since the fifties, the steady growth of Mexican and Central American national researches and the ever-growing weight of United States investigators slowly occulted the French contributions. Conversely, the establishment of research institutions in Belgium, Switzerland, France and Canada facilitated the multiplication of investigation projects in the whole continent, with their correlative publications.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (iv, 242 pages). :
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9781789691009 (ebook) :
Tarascan copper metallurgy : a multiapproach perspective /
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This is a study which provides valuable insights into the nature of metal production and the development of technology and political economy in ancient Mesoamerica, offering a contribution to general anthropological theories of the emergence of social complexity.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (168 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784916268 (ebook) :
Paisajes de la campaña pampeana (siglos XIX y XX) : abordajes desde la Arqueología rural en Argentina /
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This volume presents a series of papers designed to offer a summary of ongoing research across Argentina that can come under the broad heading of Rural Archaeology.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789690163 (ebook) :
Imágenes y paisajes : el arte rupestre del Noreste de Catamarca, Argentina /
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Northeast of Catamarca, Argentina, there is a set of shelters and caves located in the rainforest with rock art with virtually no background. This book presents a study and systematic analysis of the plastic-thematic-compositional repertoire of the rock art sites of 'Los Algarrobales' and their spatial and temporal distribution.
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1 online resource (ii, 280 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789693928 (ebook) :
Toniná, una ciudad maya de Chiapas : vida y muerte en las postrimerías del colapso Maya /
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Toniná was a Mayan city, located between two cultural areas near the Chiapas Highlands. It has been widely proposed that the Maya collapse implied the disappearance and depopulation of many cities; this research addresses the survival of Toniná towards the threshold of the Postclassic. For this purpose, 15,956 human bones found in Structure 15 of the fifth platform in the Acropolis of Toniná were analysed. The analysis of anthropological osteology allowed us to know the biological profile and to document the cultural taphonomy, through which the practice of human sacrifice and the posthumous treatment of the victims was evidenced. The application of stable isotope and strontium analyses also allowed us to determine the dietary profile of those sacrificed, their geographical origin and mobility throughout their lives.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789699296 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Mesoamerican religions and archaeology : essays in pre-Columbian civilizations /
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The main goal of this work is to produce a methodologically sound and ethically valid interdisciplinary introduction into the exciting world of ancient Mesoamerica.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781784915032 (ebook) :
Sig y análisis espacial en la arqueología de cazadores recolectores de Magallania (extremo sur de Sudamérica) /
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Magallania defines the region between the Santa Cruz river basin to the north and the Fuegian expression of the Andes to the south. It is one of the southernmost spaces in the world and the last to be occupied by humans, a process that occurred at least at the end of the Pleistocene (11,000 to 9,000 AP) and before the complete formation of the Strait of Magellan (ca. 8000 AP). Thereafter, the Strait functioned as a biogeographic barrier, creating conditions for divergent cultural evolution between the populations of the mainland and Tierra del Fuego. For this reason, the archeology of Magallania offers a unique possibility to inquire about the relationship between the environmental dynamics and the spatial organization of populations of hunter-gatherers settled on both sides of the Strait of Magellan.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784916077 (ebook) :
Aportes del enfoque tecnólogico a la arqueología preColombina : pasado y presente de la alfarería en el Valle del Río Cuyes y su región (Andes sur-orientales del Ecuador) /
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Located in the Northwest of South America (Ecuador), the Cuyes River Valley acts as a transition corridor between the Andean and Amazon regions. This research attempts to determine the ethnic origin of the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Cuyes valley through the application of a method of ceramic analysis completely new in the region: the technological approach.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). :
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9781784916114 (ebook) :
Ancient West Mexico in the Mesoamerican ecumene /
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This volume presents a long-overdue synthesis and update on West Mexican archaeology. Ancient West Mexico has often been portrayed as a 'marginal' or 'underdeveloped' area of Mesoamerica. This book shows that the opposite is true and that it played a critical role in the cultural and historical development of the Mesoamerican ecumene.
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1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations. :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789693546 (PDF ebook) :
Peintures et gravures rupestres des Amériques : Empreintes culturelles et territoriales : proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France).
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How does the study of rock art make it possible to culturally characterise its authors? What does it tell us about the function of sites? How and under what circumstances does it make it possible to delimit a cultural territory? The six articles in this volume provide case studies from Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, French Guiana and Chile.
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"Available both in print and Open Access"--Homepage.
Conference proceedings.
Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (ii, 98 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789696349 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
El Palacio : historiography and new perspectives on a pre-Tarascan city of northern Michoacán, Mexico /
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11 contributions consider legacy and archive data (1896-1995) and results derived from recent archaeological investigations (2012-2017) to present a review and analysis of the chrono-stratigraphy, material culture, urbanism, and economic and ritual practices at El Palacio, northern Michoacán, Mexico, between A.D. 850 and 1521.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (xii, 297 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789697971 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Searching for the 17th century on Nevis : the survey and excavation of two early plantation sites /
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A monograph dedicated to the archaeological investigation of the landscape, buildings and artefacts of the Eastern Caribbean by the Nevis Heritage Project. It presents the results of documentary research and excavation on two sugar plantation sites on the island of Nevis.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789698879 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Enemy - stranger - neighbour : the image of the other in moche culture /
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'Enemy - Stranger - Neighbour' is dedicated to artistic renderings of the Recuay people in Moche art, in all available and preserved media. The study offers an analysis of several dozen complex, painted and bas-relief scenes and several hundred mould-pressed, sculpted depictions of foreigners in Moche art.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789698831 (PDF ebook) :