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Archaeology in Latin America
The archaeology of Latin America contains many unique features, both in focus and approach. This
pioneering and comprehensive survey is the first overview of current themes in Latin American archaeology
written solely by scholars native to the region, and it makes their collective 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. Further subjects covered include hunter-
gatherer studies, the political implications of the history of archaeology in Brazil, and the French theoretical
influence on the region. The book also presents an account of Latin American social archaeology, probably
the region’s best-known theoretical product.
This book draws together key areas of 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. A unique achievement, it will be essential
reading for everyone engaged in the study of this fascinating region.
Archaeology in
Latin America
Edited by
Gustavo G.Politis and Benjamin Alberti
London and New York
First published 1999
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
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© 1999 Selection and editorial matter Gustavo G.Politis and
Benjamin Alberti; individual chapters, the contributors
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Archaeology in Latin America/edited by Gustavo G.Politis and
Benjamin Alberti.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-415-13308-4. —ISBN 0-415-22158-7
1. Indians of South America—Antiquities. 2. Archaeology—Latin
America. 3. Indians—Antiquities. 4. Latin America—Antiquities.
I. Politis, Gustavo. II. Alberti, Benjamin, 1968–.
F2229.A7 1999
980.01–dc21 99–15661
CIP
ISBN 0-203-98481-1 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-415-13308-4 (Print Edition) (HB)
ISBN 0-415-22158-7 (Print Edition) (PB)
Contents
List of figures
vi
List of tables
ix
List of contributors
x
Preface
xi
Chapter One
INTRODUCTION: LATIN AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY: AN INSIDE
VIEW
Gustavo G.Politis
1
Part One
History and theory: the development of contemporary
archaeology in Latin
America
14
Chapter Two
BRAZILIAN ARCHAEOLOGY: A REAPPRAISAL
Pedro Paulo A.Funari
15
Chapter Three
SOME ASPECTS OF THE FRENCH INFLUENCE UPON URUGUAYAN
AND BRAZILIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
José M.López Mazz
36
Chapter Four
ARCHAEOLOGY AS A SOCIAL SCIENCE: ITS EXPRESSION IN LATIN
AMERICA
Iraida Vargas Arenas and Mario Sanoja
57
Chapter Five
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF HUNTER-GATHERERS IN SOUTH
AMERICA: RECENT HISTORY AND NEW DIRECTIONS
José Luis Lanata and Luis Alberto Borrero
74
Part Two
Key issues in Latin American archaeology
89
Chapter Six
THE EMERGENCE OF COMPLEX URBAN SOCIETIES IN CENTRAL
MEXICO: THE CASE OF TEOTIHUACAN
Linda Manzanilla
90
Chapter Seven
THE DOMESTICATION OF ANDEAN CAMELIDS
Duccio Bonavia
127
Chapter Eight
EARLY MODES OF LIFE OF THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION OF
NORTHEASTERN VENEZUELA
146
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