Archaeology, Volcanism, and Remote Sensing in the Arenal Region, Costa Rica

Herausgeber: Sheets, Payson D.

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Produktbeschreibung

How humans adapt to life in an area prone to natural disasters is an intriguing study for the social sciences. In this volume, experts from several disciplines explore the adaptation process of prehistoric societies in the volcanic Arenal region of Costa Rica from about 2000 BC to the Spanish Conquest at about AD 1500. The data in this volume come from a survey of the region conducted with the latest remote sensing technology. Sheets and his coauthors have compiled a detailed record of human settlements in the area, including dozens of archaeological sites and a network of prehistoric footpaths that reveals patterns of travel and communication across the region. The Arenal peoples prospered in their precarious environment apparently by taking advantage of food and lithic resources, keeping population levels low, and avoiding environmental degradation. These findings will interest a wide interdisciplinary audience in anthropology and archaeology, earth sciences, technology, geography, and human ecology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 910g
• ISBN-13: 9780292704350
• ISBN-10: 0292704356
• Artikelnr.: 41049358

Autorenporträt

Edited by Payson D. Sheets and Brian R. McKee

Inhaltsangabe

* Chapter 1. The Proyecto Prehistórico Arenal: An Introduction (Payson
D. Sheets)
* Chapter 2. The Eruption of 1968 and Tephra Stratigraphy of Arenal
Volcano (William G. Melson)
* Chapter 3. Archaeological Survey in the Arenal Basin (Marilynn
Mueller)
* Chapter 4. Tronadora Vieja: An Archaic and Early Formative Site in
the Arenal Region (John E. Bradley)
* Chapter 5. Excavations at Sitio Bolívar: A Late Formative Village in
the Arenal Basin (John W. Hoopes and Mark L. Chenault)
* Chapter 6. The Silencio Site: An Early to Middle Polychrome Period
Cemetery in the Arenal Region (John E. Bradley)
* Chapter 7. Proyecto Prehistórico Arenal Excavations in the Santa Rosa
River Valley (John W. Hoopes and Mark L. Chenault)
* Chapter 8. Remote Sensing in the Arenal Region (Brian R. McKee and
Thomas L. Sever)
* Chapter 9. Prehistoric Footpaths in Costa Rica: Remote Sensing and
Field Verification (Brian R. McKee, Thomas L. Sever, and Payson D.
Sheets)
* Chapter 10. Ceramic Analysis and Culture History in the Arenal Region
(John W. Hoopes)
* Chapter 11. Chipped Stone Artifacts from the Cordillera de Tilarán
(Payson D. Sheets)
* Chapter 12. Precolumbian Ground, Polished, and Incised Stone
Artifacts from the Cordillera de Tilarán (Mark L. Chenault)
* Chapter 13. Prehistoric Jewelry from the Arenal Basin (Marilynn
Mueller and Mark L. Chenault)
* Chapter 14. Phytolith Records from the Proyecto Prehistórico Arenal
(Dolores R. Piperno)
* Chapter 15. Pollen Evidence for Prehistoric Environment and
Subsistence Activities (Karen H. Clary)
* Chapter 16. Macrobotanical Remains of the Proyecto Prehistórico
Arenal (Nancy Mahaney, Meredith H. Matthews, and Aida Blanco Vargas)
* Chapter 17. Summary and Conclusions (Payson D. Sheets)
* References Cited
* Notes on Contributors
* Index