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Archaeology in Latin America

Additional authors: Politis, Gustavo. -- Ed | Alberti, Benjamin, -- 1968- -- Ed
Published by : Routledge, (London ; | New York :) Physical details: xiv, 286 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. ISBN:0415133084 (HB); 0415221587 (PB). Year: 1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index.




Brazilian archaeology: a reappraisal / Pedro Paulo A. Funari --
Some aspects of the French influence upon Uruguayan and Brazilian archaeology / José M. López Mazz --
Archaeology as a social science: its expression in Latin America / Iraida Vargas Arenas and Mario Sanoja --
The archaeology of hunter-gatherers in South America: recent history and new directions / José Luis Lanata and Luis Alberto Borrero --
The emergence of complex urban societies in central Mexico: the case of Teotihuacan / Linda Manzanilla --
The domestication of Andean camelids / Duccio Bonavia --
Early modes of life of the indigenous population of northeastern Venezuela / Mario Sanoja and Iraida Vargas Arenas --
Tawantinsuyu: the frontiers of the Inca empire / Rodolfo Raffino and Rubén Stehberg --
The archaeological culture of San Agustin: towards a new interpretation / César Velandia --
Changing perspectives in Amazonian archaeology / Eduardo G. Neves --
Pre-Columbian metallurgy and social change: two case studies from Colombia / Carl Henrik Langebaek R. --
Archaeology and historical multivocality: a reflection from the Colombian multicultural context / Cristóbal Gnecco.

This comprehensive survey provides an overview of themes in Latin American archaeology written solely by academics native to the region

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