Preceramic Mesoamerica

ISBN-13: 9780367150433 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 572 str.

Jon C. Lohse; Aleksander Borejsza; Arthur a. Joyce

Opis

Preceramic Mesoamerica delivers cutting-edge research on the Mesoamerican Paleoindian and Archaic periods.

Spis treści

1. When is a Mesoamerican? Pleistocene origins of the Mesoamerican tradition  2. Empty gourds make the most noise? Theories and data in the study of the Archaic period in Mesoamerica  3. Tales of the Terminal Pleistocene: Clovis in Northern Mexico and the first Mesoamericans  4. La Cueva de los Hacheros: an early habitation site in Michoacan, Mexico  5. Yuzanu 50, an ephemeral camp of the Younger Dryas in the Mixteca Alta  6. Paleoindian sites from Central Mexico: paleoenvironment and dating  7. Sitio Chivacabe, an early Paleoindian site in western Highland Guatemala  8. The Paleoindian to Archaic transition in Central America: Esperanza phase projectile points recovered at the El Gigante rockshelter site, Honduras  9. The lacustrine preceramic cultures in the Basin of Mexico: recent contributions  10. The Preceramic in Oaxaca  11. Preceramic occupations in north-central and western Mexico: a regional perspective  12. Las Estacas, an early Archaic site in Morelos  13. Preceramic lifeways on the Mesoamerican South Pacific coast  14. Wetland villages in Soconusco, 6000–2000 bce: a new interpretation of Archaic shell mounds  15. Yuzanu 36, a late Archaic site in the Mixteca Alta  16. The end of the Archaic in the Soconusco region of Mesoamerica: a tipping point in the local trajectory toward agricultural village life  17. Sourcing Preceramic obsidian from Las Estacas, Morelos, and Yuzanu 36, Oaxaca, in the context of early Mesoamerican lithic procurement patterns  18. Preceramic archaeology in Mesoamerica: recent developments and future directions