General Editorβs Preface
Preface
PART ONE: ANALOGY AND CULTURAL RECONSTRUCTION OF LITHIC INDUSTRIES
Introduction
The Aguas Verdes Industry of Northern Chile
Toolmaking and Tool Use Among the Preceramic Peoples of Panama
PART TWO: ORIGINS OF PLANT AND ANIMAL DOMESTICATION
Introduction
Population Pressure and the Origins of Agriculture: An Archaeological Example From the Coast of Peru
Origins and Distribution of Plants Domesticated in the New World Tropics
Animal Domestication in the Andes
The Pre-Columbian Araucanian Chicken (Gallus inauris) of the Mapuche Indians
PART THREE: CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN ANDES
Introduction
Formative-Period Interaction Spheres in the Intermediate Area: Archaeology of Central America and Adjacent South America
Ridged-Field Excavations in the Central Orinoco Llanos, Venezuela
Ecology, Economy, and Warfare in Lowland South America
The Formative Cultures of the Venezuela Oriente
Majolica Pottery: Determination of Its Provenience Using Thermoluminescence
Interpretation of Buried Structures: Coastal Sites of the State of Sao Paolo, Brazil
PART FOUR: ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE CENTRAL ANDES
Introduction
The Cultural and Ecological Context of the Mantaro Valley During the Formative Period
Toward the Development of the Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku) State
Cerro Sechin: Medical Anthropologyβs Inauguration in Peru?
Prehistory and Petroglyphs in Southern Peru
Ecological Factors Affecting the Urban Transformation in the Last Centuries of the Pre-Columbian Era
Toward a Typology of Architecture and Urbanism in the Pre-Columbian Andes
Manifestations of Inca Culture in Two Provinces of Chile
PART FIVE: PALEOECOLOGICAL STUDIES IN ARGENTINA
Introduction
Considerations on the Periodizations of Northwest Argentina
Paleoecology of the CalchaquΓ Valley, Salta Province, Argentina
Concerning the Archaeology of the Humahuaca Quebrada
Contribution to the San JosΓ© and Santa MarΓa Cultures, Northwest Argentina
Biographical Notes
Index of Names
Index of Subjects