NMAI copy gift of Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Contents:
Introduction: Addressing the Isthmo-Colombian Area and beyond / John W. Hoopes, Colin McEwan, Bryan R. Cockrell -- One hundred fifty years of Isthmo-Colombian archaeology: paradigms and prospects / John W. Hoopes, Silvia Salgado González -- Central America: time for a paradigm shift / Rosemary A. Joyce -- Origins, dispersal, and survival of indigenous societies in the Central American Landbridge Zone of the Isthmo-Colombian Area / Richard G. Cooke -- Shining stones and brilliant regalia: connections between Classic Mesoamerica and Central America and Colombia / James Doyle, John W. Hoopes, David Mora-Marín -- Central American gold, Central American teachers: Maya gold disk offerings at the Cenote of Sacrifice, Chichen Itza / Mary Ellen Miller -- Extracted objects: metals from the Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza / Edith Ortiz Díaz, José Luis Ruvalcaba, Bryan R. Cockrell -- The ceramics of Pacific Nicaragua: recent investigations in style, manufacture, and distribution / Geoffrey McCafferty, Carrie L. Dennett -- Monumental stone sculpture in Central Nicaragua / Alexander Geurds -- Patterning in Chiriquí villages and cemeteries of the Térraba-Coto Brús Valley / R. Jeffrey Frost -- A view from Grave 5, Sitio Conte, Panama / Karen O'Day -- Who is the chief? The central people of Burial 11, Sitio Conte / Clark L. Erickson, Monica Fenton -- The construction of gender in graves at Sitio Conte / Monica Fenton -- Social complexity at El Caño / Julia Mayo Torné, Carlos Mayo Torné, Mercedes Guinea Bueno, Miguel Ángel Hervás, Jesús Herrerín, Alfredo Fernández-Valmayor -- The Muisca Raft: context, materiality, and technology / María Alicia Uribe Villegas, Marcos Martinón-Torres, Juan Pablo Quintero Guzmán -- The view from the Caribbean / Reniel Rodríguez Ramos, John W. Hoopes -- Caribbean-Central American long-distance interaction: a cautionary note / L. Antonio Curet, José R. Oliver -- Networks of interaction along the Pacific Corridor: the role of metal and shell / Antonio Jaramillo Arango -- Squaring the circle in ancient Ecuador: dualism, quadripartition, and spatial hierarchy as elements of emergent social complexity / James A. Zeidler, Colin McEwan -- Seats, seating, and social roles: cross-cultural comparisons / Colin McEwan, Matthew Looper
Summary:
"Pre-Columbian Central America, Colombia, and Ecuador: Toward an Integrated Approach explores a wide range of topical interests in the archaeology of the Isthmo- Colombian Area and its neighboring territories. It draws fresh attention to the significance of a formerly marginalized region or culture area (as Lower Central America or the Intermediate Area) and repositions it in the context of the wider Pre-Columbian world"-- Provided by publisher
