South America
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Arqueologia durante la Transicion Pleistoceno-Holoceno en Uruguay [Paperback]
Rafael Suarez (Author)
£46.00ISBN: 9781407307787
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study presents a detailed investigation carried out at the Pay Paso locality, which contains a total of nine sites of archaeological, paleontological and paleoecological interest on the plains of the Cuareim River in northwestern Uruguay. ... .... Learn More -
Maya Civilization at the Millennium: A Research Guide [Paperback]
John M. Weeks (Author)
£44.00ISBN: 9781407307916
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
There has been a phenomenal increase in the literature published about the ancient, historical, and modern Maya between 2000 and 2010. This volume provides bibliographic coverage for the literature pertaining to the ancient and modern Maya of ... .... Learn More -
La produccion de instrumental litico en Tiwanaku [Paperback]
Martin Giesso (Author)
£48.00ISBN: 9781407308081
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This research explores the characteristics of stone tool production in the heart of the Andean state of Tiwanaku, comparing tool production on urban and rural settlements and at elite and non-elite sites. Models of the Tiwanaku state are teste... .... Learn More -
Un estilo y su epoca: El caso de la ceramica Famabalasto Negro Grabado del Noroeste Argentino [Paperback]
Valeria Palamarczuk (Author)
£67.00ISBN: 9781407308074
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This book presents a contextual study of the Famabalasto Negro Grabado pottery of the late period in the Calchaqui Valleys in northwest Argentina, especially in the Yocavil or Santa María Valley in the south of the area. This is an interesting ... .... Learn More -
Tying Headbands or Venus Appearing: New Translations of k'al, the Dresden Codex Venus Pages and Classic Period Royal 'Binding' Rituals [Paperback]
Gerardo Aldana y Villalobos (Author)
£27.00ISBN: 9781407308036
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Epigraphers of the Mayan hieroglyphic writing system have demonstrated that a single verb root lies behind a substantial array of royal rituals. At the same time, astronomically oriented studies have found the same root associated with the even... .... Learn More -
Sacred Geographies of Ancient Amazonia: Historical Ecology of Social Complexity [Hardback]
Denise P. Schaan (Author)
£74.50ISBN: 9781598745054
Published by : Left Coast Press
Scholars have long insisted that the Amazonian ecosystem placed severe limits on the size and complexity of ancient its cultures, but leading researcher Denise Schaan reverses that view, synthesizing exciting new evidence of large-scale land an... .... Learn More -
Variacion Geografica en la Morfologia del Esqueleto Postcraneal de las Poblaciones Humanas de Pampa y Patagonia durante el Holoceno Tardio [Paperback]
Marien Beguelin (Author)
£28.00ISBN: 9781407308203
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This book assesses the patterns of morphological variation in Late Holocene human populations of Pampa and Continental Patagonia in southern South America, using postcranial skeletons to discuss the evolutionary processes that shaped those patt... .... Learn More -
Movilidad y uso del Espacio de Cazadores-Recolectores del Holoceno tardio. Estudio de la Variabilidad del Registro Tecnologico en Distintos Ambientes del Noroeste de la Provincia de Santa Cruz (Argentina) [Paperback]
Gisela Cassiodoro (Author)
£42.00ISBN: 9781407308302
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study investigates the mobility of hunter-gatherers in late Holocene Patagonia, and relating changing mobility and to environmental change. It proceeds via a detailed analysis of technological distrivution, variability and change taking in... .... Learn More -
Frayer la Route d'un Monde Inverse: Sacrifice et Offrandes Animales dans la Culture Mochica (100-800 apr. J-C) Cote nord du Perou [Paperback]
Nicolas Goepfert (Author)
£61.00ISBN: 9781407308524
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This monograph examines animal sacrifice in the Moche culture of Peru. Twelve species of animals which were sacrificed are identified from archaeological remains. It compares the zooarchaeological data with the iconogrpahic corpus to show that ... .... Learn More -
Arqueología ambiental del Holoceno Temprano y Medio en la Puna Seca argentina [Paperback]
Marcelo R Morales (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9781407308722
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The research presented in this volume seeks to build a series of qualitative and quantitative multi-scale paleoenvironmental models of the past conditions in the Dry Puna of Argentina setting out the conditions under which human adaptation occu... .... Learn More