Archaeological and paleontological research in Lagoa Santa : the quest for the first Americans /: the quest for the first Americans. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Pedro Da-Gloria, Walter A. Neves, Mark Hubbe, editors.
• Editors: Da-Gloria, Pedro; Neves, Walter A; Hubbe, Mark
• Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part 1. History of research in Lagoa Santa -- Chapter 2. Peter Wilhelm Lund - life and work -- Chapter 3.Peter Wilhelm Lund́s scientific contributions -- Chapter 4. The anthropological studies of Lagoa Santa in the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro: Insertion, debates, and scientific controversies at the turn of 19th to 20th century -- Chapter 5.The physical anthropology archives of the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro: Lagoa Santa in the first half of the 20th century -- Chapter 6.The Minas Gerais Academy of Sciences - Lund's inheritors -- Chapter 7.Archaeological missions to the Lagoa Santa region in the second half of the 20th century -- Chapter 8. The National Museum's contributions to the Lagoa Santa research in the second half of the 20th century -- Chapter 9.The Origins project and the first Americans controversy -- Part II.Research topics -- Chapter 10.The repercussions of the human skeletons from Lagoa Santa in the international scenario -- Chapter 11.The Lagoa Santa skeletons and the cranial morphology of the first Americans -- Chapter 12.History of the research into health and lifestyle in Lagoa Santa -- Chapter 13.Burial practices in the Lagoa Santa region -- Chapter 14.Constructing the past. A look at Lagoa Santa paleontology -- Chapter 15.The history of the studies of prehistoric rock paintings in the Lagoa Santa karst -- Chapter 16. Lithic technology in Lagoa Santa in the Early Holocene -- Chapter 17. Towards the development of a tropical geoarchaeology: Lagoa Santa as an emblematic case study.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 401 pages), illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
• Subjects: 981.00498; Social sciences; Prehistoric peoples -- Brazil -- Lagoa Santa; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Brazil -- Lagoa Santa; Human evolution -- Brazil; Human beings -- Origin; Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Brazil; Archaeology; Physical anthropology; Paleontology ; HISTORY / Latin America / South America; Antiquities; Antiquities, Prehistoric; Excavations (Archaeology); Human beings -- Origin; Human evolution; Prehistoric peoples; Social Science -- Anthropology -- Physical; Science -- Paleontology; Anthropology; Palaeontology; Social Science -- Archaeology; Archaeology; Social Sciences; Archaeology; Biological Anthropology; Paleontology; Lagoa Santa (Brazil) -- Antiquities; Brazil; Brazil -- Lagoa Santa; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319574660; 3319574663
• Related ISBNs: 9783319574653; 3319574655
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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