Stark / Voorhies Prehistoric Coastal Adaptations

The Economy and Ecology of Maritime Middle America
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-7636-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Web PDF

Prehistoric Coastal Adaptations: The Economy and Ecology of Maritime Middle America is a compendium of research papers and treatises on Middle American people who lived within coastal habitats. The collection aims to reveal distinctive coastal adaptations and the role of Middle American people in major social transformations. The book discusses topics on the history of occupations of certain coastal sites; correlation of site location to resource procurement patterns; settlement locations and subsistence evidence in the coastal and inland habitats of Costa Rica; and the maritime adaptation and the rise of Maya civilization. The final chapter of the book also discusses the future research directions in the study of Middle American coastal people. The text will be of value to archeologists, anthropologists, historians, ethnologists, and researchers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stark, Barbara L.

Voorhies, Barbara

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Prehistoric Coastal Adaptations: The Economy and Ecology of Maritime Middle America;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;Dedication;6
6;List of Figures;14
7;List of Contributors;18
8;Preface;20
9;PART I: Introduction;22
9.1;chapter 1. Previous Research on Nearshore Coastal Adaptations in Middle America;26
9.1.1;INTRODUCTION;26
9.1.2;BEGINNINGS;31
9.1.3;PROCUREMENT PATTERNS;33
9.1.4;EXCHANGE PATTERNS;35
9.1.5;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;40
9.1.6;REFERENCES;40
10;PART II: Procurement Patterns;44
10.1;REFERENCES;48
11;Chapter 2. Use of Dogs for Food: An Adaptation to the Coastal Environment;50
11.1;INTRODUCTION;50
11.2;MATERIALS AND METHODS;52
11.3;DISCUSSION;54
11.4;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;62
11.5;REFERENCES;62
12;Chapter 3. Early Subsistence Patterns along the Pacific Coast of Central Panama;64
12.1;INTRODUCTION;64
12.2;THE ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING;65
12.3;MONAGRILLO;66
12.4;ZAPOTAL;70
12.5;CERRO MANGOTE;71
12.6;AGUADULCE SHELTER;72
12.7;LA CUEVA DE LOS LADRONES;74
12.8;DISCUSSION;74
12.9;CONCLUSION;76
12.10;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;78
12.11;REFERENCES;79
13;Chapter 4. The Prehistoric and Modern Subsistence Patterns of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua: A Comparison;82
13.1;INTRODUCTION;82
13.2;MODERN SUBSISTENCE PATTERNS OF THE ATLANTIC COAST;84
13.3;ARCHAEOLOGICAL SUBSISTENCE DATA;88
13.4;A PRECONTACT SUBSISTENCE MODEL;93
13.5;CHANGES IN SUBSISTENCE FROM PREHISTORIC TO MODERN TIMES;99
13.6;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;100
13.7;REFERENCES;101
14;Chapter 5. The Process of Transformation at Paj.n: A Preclassic Society Locatedin an Estuary in Chiapas, Mexico;102
14.1;INTRODUCTION;102
14.2;SITE DESCRIPTION;103
14.3;CULTURAL AND CHRONOLOGICALSEQUENCE;106
14.4;EARLY DUNAS SUBPHASE;106
14.5;LATE DUNAS SUBPHASE;112
14.6;ENCANTO PHASE;114
14.7;SUMMARY;115
14.8;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;115
14.9;REFERENCES;116
15;PART III: Settlement Patterns;118
15.1;REFERENCES;120
16;Chapter 6. Coastal Settlement in Northwestern Costa Rica;122
16.1;CULTURE HISTORY OF THE COASTAL AREA;125
16.2;COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW;134
16.3;CONCLUSION;136
16.4;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;136
16.5;REFERENCES;137
17;Chapter 7. Coastal Adaptations as Contact Phenomena among the Miskito and Cuna Indians of Lower Central America;142
17.1;LATE PRECONTACT ADAPTATIONS;142
17.2;CONSEQUENCES OF CONTACT;151
17.3;CONTEMPORARY ADAPTATIONS;161
17.4;CONCLUSION;166
17.5;REFERENCES;167
18;Chapter 8. Changing Patterns of Resource Exploitation, Settlement Distribution, and Demography on the Southern Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico;172
18.1;INTRODUCTION;172
18.2;ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH DESIGN;174
18.3;PREHISTORIC SUBSISTENCE;176
18.4;PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT PATTERNS;180
18.5;CULTURAL CHANGE IN THE LATE POSTCLASSIC PERIOD;194
18.6;CONCLUSION;196
18.7;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;196
18.8;REFERENCES;197
19;PART IV: Exchange Patterns;200
19.1;REFERENCES;202
20;Chapter 9. Long-Distance Exchange and the Growth of a Regional Center: An Example from the Southern Isthmus of Tehuantepec Mexico;204
20.1;INTRODUCTION;204
20.2;GOLFO PHASE (1100-800 B.C.);213
20.3;RIOS PHASE (800-400 B.C.);216
20.4;GOMA PHASE (400-200 B.C.);218
20.5;KUAK AND NITI PHASES (200 B.C.-A.D. 1 and AD. 1-300);221
20.6;SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS;224
20.7;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;227
20.8;REFERENCES;228
21;Chapter 10. An Ethnohistoric Model for Native Economy and Settlement Patterns in Southern Veracruz, Mexico;232
21.1;INTRODUCTION;232
21.2;ETHNOHISTORIC DATA BASE FOR THE LOWER PAPALOAPAN AND VICINITY;235
21.3;AN ETHNOHISTORIC MODEL;240
21.4;A COMPARISON WITH THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD;247
21.5;SUMMARY;255
21.6;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;255
21.7;REFERENCES;255
22;Chapter 11. Maritime Adaptation and the Rise of Maya Civilization: The View from Cerros, Belize;260
22.1;INTRODUCTION;260
22.2;MARITIME MAYA: THE EASTERN LITTORAL;261
22.3;LATE PRECLASSIC COMMUNICATION-TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS;274
22.4;MARITIME ADAPTATION AND THE PRECLASSIC MAYA;282
22.5;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;282
22.6;REFERENCES;283
23;PART V: Overview;288
23.1;Chapter 12. Commentary;290
23.1.1;REFERENCES;294
24;Chapter 13. Future Research Directions;296
24.1;INTRODUCTION;296
24.2;PROCUREMENT PATTERNS;297
24.3;SETTLEMENT PATTERNS;311
24.4;EXCHANGE PATTERNS;315
24.5;REFERENCES;322
25;Index;326
26;STUDIES IN ARCHEOLOGY;335