Archaeology in Latin America / Edition 1

by Benjamin Alberti, Gustavo G. Politis

Overview

This pioneering and comprehensive survey is the first overview of current themes in Latin American archaeology written solely by academics native to the region, and it makes their collected expertise available to an English-speaking audience for the first time.
The contributors cover the most significant issues in the archaeology of Latin America, such as the domestication of camelids, the emergence of urban society in Mesoamerica, the frontier of the Inca empire, and the relatively little known archaeology of the Amazon basin.
This book draws together key areas of research in Latin American archaeological thought into a coherent whole; no other volume on this area has ever dealt with such a diverse range of subjects, and some of the countries examined have never before been the subject of a regional study.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415133081
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/02/1999
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gustavo G. Politis is Professor at the Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, and at the Universidad Nacional de la Plata.
Benjamin Alberti is currently engaged in research and teaching at Southampton University.

Table of Contents

List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors, Preface, Part One History and theory: the development of contemporary archaeology in Latin America, Part Two Key issues in Latin American archaeology, Part Three New directions, Index