A Prehistory of South America : Ancient Cultural Diversity on the Least Known Continent /: Ancient Cultural Diversity on the Least Known Continent. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jerry D. Moore.
• Authors: Moore, Jerry D
• Contents: <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-Cover' class='sequence-1'>Cover <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-vii' class='sequence-2'>Contents <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xiii' class='sequence-3'>Preface <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-1' class='sequence-4'>1. Archaeology in South America: A Brief Historical Overview <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-2' class='sequence-5'>Exotic Curiosities and Cabinets of Wonder <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-3' class='sequence-6'>Scientific Explorers, Antiquarians, and Fieldworkers <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-11' class='sequence-7'>National Museums, National Identities, and Early Archaeologists <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-14' class='sequence-8'>Max Uhle and Julio Tello, Pioneers in South American Archaeology <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-20' class='sequence-9'>Twentieth-Century Archaeologies <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-29' class='sequence-10'>2. The Brave New World: Environmental Diversity in South America <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-34' class='sequence-11'>Coastal Environments <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-37' class='sequence-12'>Climatic Complexities <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-38' class='sequence-13'>Climate Variations <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-43' class='sequence-14'>Climate after the Last Glacial Maximum <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-56' class='sequence-15'>Conclusion <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-63' class='sequence-16'>3. The Last Ancient Homeland: The Peopling of South America <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-64' class='sequence-17'>The 'Clovis First' Hypothesis <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-68' class='sequence-18'>Paleoindians in South America <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-73' class='sequence-19'>Monte Verde, Chile: New Discoveries and Perspectives <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-75' class='sequence-20'>A Broadly Populated Continent <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-78' class='sequence-21'>More Paleoindians in Brazil <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-82' class='sequence-22'>New Directions, New Controversies <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-93' class='sequence-23'>4. Archaic Adaptations <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-96' class='sequence-24'>The Las Vegas Culture (10, 000–6, 000 BP) <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-100' class='sequence-25'>San Jacinto I, Colombia: Intensive Plant Utilization in the Savanna <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-102' class='sequence-26'>Orinoco River Valley, Venezuela: Foragers in the Tropical Rainforest <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-103' class='sequence-27'>Rio Caquetá, Broad-Spectrum Foraging in the Colombian Amazon <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-107' class='sequence-28'>Coastal Adaptations in the Atacama Desert <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-116' class='sequence-29'>Sambaquis: Maritime Collectors and Shell Mounds on the Atlantic Coast <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-119' class='sequence-30'>Camelid Hunters in the Pampas and the Andes <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-124' class='sequence-31'>Conclusion: Diverse Adaptations in a Diverse Continent <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-131' class='sequence-32'>Key Terms and Methods <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-136' class='sequence-33'>Places of Origins <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-146' class='sequence-34'>From Foraging to Farming <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-151' class='sequence-35'>Neolithic Revolution or Neolithic Evolution? <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-152' class='sequence-36'>Divergent Agrosystems <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-170' class='sequence-37'>Conclusion: The Myth of the Pristine Landscape <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-181' class='sequence-38'>6. Social Complexities: Part I <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-184' class='sequence-39'>Divergent Formative Transitions in Ecuador and Northern Peru <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-202' class='sequence-40'>The Formatives of Amazonia <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-208' class='sequence-41'>The Formative of Coastal Uruguay <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-211' class='sequence-42'>Conclusion <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-219' class='sequence-43'>Formative Villages on the Coast of Peru <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-226' class='sequence-44'>Social Complexity and Early Urbanism: The Norte Chico and Caral <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-230' class='sequence-45'>Complex Societies in the Casma Valley:Sechin Bajo, Cerro Sechin, and Sechin Alto <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-237' class='sequence-46'>Hearths, Temples, and Pilgrimage Centers in the Central Andean Highlands <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-249' class='sequence-47'>The Formative in the Titicaca Basin <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-252' class='sequence-48'>Conclusion <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-261' class='sequence-49'>8. Regional Florescences <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-263' class='sequence-50'>Patagonia: Hunting-and-Gathering Variabilityin the Uttermost Part of the Earth <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-270' class='sequence-51'>From the Pampas to the Paraná—Diversification and Intensification <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-274' class='sequence-52'>Marajoara—Non-Agricultural Chiefdoms in the Amazon AD 300–1350 <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-282' class='sequence-53'>Agricultural Chiefdoms of the Western Llanos of Venezuela <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-288' class='sequence-54'>Nasca: Ceremonial Centers and Ceramics on the South Coast of Peru <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-300' class='sequence-55'>Conclusion <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-309' class='sequence-56'>9. Age of States and Empires <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-311' class='sequence-57'>The North Coast: Moche, Lambayeque, and Chimú <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-340' class='sequence-58'>The Central Andes: Wari Empire (AD 750–1000) <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-348' class='sequence-59'>Lake Titicaca and Beyond: Tiwanaku (AD 400–1100) <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-355' class='sequence-60'>Conclusion <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-366' class='sequence-61'>10. Twilight of Prehistory <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-369' class='sequence-62'>The Amazons: Languages, Settlements, Ceramics, and Worldviews <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-385' class='sequence-63'>Colombian Chiefdoms <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-398' class='sequence-64'>Ecuadorian Coastal Chiefdoms: Manta <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-404' class='sequence-65'>Coastal Peruvian Kingdom: Chincha <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-405' class='sequence-66'>Ychsma/Pachacamac—an Enduring Pilgrimage Center on the Coast of Peru <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-408' class='sequence-67'>Conclusion <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-417' class='sequence-68'>11. Empire of the Four Quarters <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-420' class='sequence-69'>Antecedents <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-427' class='sequence-70'>Phases of Expansion <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-429' class='sequence-71'>Cusco: City as Cosmos, City as Center <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-438' class='sequence-72'>The Incas in the Provinces <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-445' class='sequence-73'>The Edges of Empire <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-450' class='sequence-74'>Creating Worlds <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-460' class='sequence-75'>The End of Prehistory <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-471' class='sequence-76'>12. After Prehistory <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-474' class='sequence-77'>Prehistory, History, and Archaeology in the Post-Columbian World <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-480' class='sequence-78'>Archaeologies of Resistance <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-485' class='sequence-79'>Unwritten Histories <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-487' class='sequence-80'>The Past in the Present <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-489' class='sequence-81'>Conclusion <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-497' class='sequence-82'>Acknowledgments <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-499' class='sequence-83'>Illustration Credits <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-510' class='sequence-84'>Index.
• Publisher Details: Louisville : University Press of Colorado
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (529 pages)
• Subjects: Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Archaeology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781607323334
• Related ISBNs: 9781607323327
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