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Central and South America and the Caribbean

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Una aproximación teórica a las funciones, capacidades náuticas, bases materiales y dimensión social de la tecnología naval prehistórica
£35.00
Author:
Julián Moyano Di Carlo
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
Spanish with a 6 pg English summary
ISBN:
9781407316543
Paperback:
123 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 6 tables, 67 figures (1 in colour), 2 colour graphs
BAR number:
S2901
Sub Title:
Una aproximación teórica a las funciones, capacidades náuticas, bases materiales y dimensión social de la tecnología naval prehistórica
Este trabajo pretende convertirse en un modelo teórico que sirva de sustento a un proyecto de investigación futuro sobre tecnología naval prehistórica.... More
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La parure en coquille à Sayula, Occident du Mexique
Approche techno-stylistique et rôle dans la dynamique socioculturelle entre 450 et 1000 apr. J.-C.
£100.00
Author:
Elodie Mas
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
French with English and Spanish abstracts
ISBN:
9781407316239
Paperback:
420 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 322 figures (64 in colour). With additional material online (Appendices and Figures)
BAR number:
S2900
Sub Title:
Approche techno-stylistique et rôle dans la dynamique socioculturelle entre 450 et 1000 apr. J.-C.
Entre 450 et 1000 apr. J.-C., les coquilles jouent un rôle fondamental dans les dynamiques socioéconomiques et culturelles des populations installées dans... More
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Maya Ceramic Technology and Ceramic Socio-economy
A multifaceted analysis of Late Postclassic ceramic production and distribution in Northern Yucatán, México
£76.00
Author:
Carmen Giomar Sánchez Fortoul
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316406
Paperback:
264 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 59 tables, 132 figures (68 in colour)
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of the Maya, 1
BAR number:
S2899
Sub Title:
A multifaceted analysis of Late Postclassic ceramic production and distribution in Northern Yucatán, México
The socio-economic nature of Late Postclassic (AD c. 1100-1500) Maya society is not well understood and still eludes researchers. Through a combination of... More
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£75.00
Author:
Luis E. Mafferra
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
Spanish with English abstracts
ISBN:
9781407316475
Paperback:
315 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 19 tables, 57 figures (1 in colour), 72 figures in Apéndice section (22 in colour).
BAR number:
S2893
Este libro propone una forma de estudiar la historia de los paisajes forestales desde una perspectiva arqueológica, más precisamente, desde el análisis de... More
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Digging for Words
Archaeolinguistic case studies from the XV Nordic TAG Conference held at the University of Copenhagen, 16–18 April 2015
£28.00
Editors:
Rune Iversen and Guus Kroonen
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316420
Paperback:
99 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
S2888
Sub Title:
Archaeolinguistic case studies from the XV Nordic TAG Conference held at the University of Copenhagen, 16–18 April 2015
This volume offers a selection of case studies on the interface between linguistics and archaeology. These case studies were presented at a session titled... More
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Culturas en contacto: conflicto, asimilación e intercambio
Proceedings of the Third Postgraduate Conference in Studies of Antiquity and Middle Ages, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 23–25th November 2016
£56.00
Editors:
Núria Pacheco Catalán, Ignacio Díaz Sierra, Marina Fernández Monterrubio, Isaac Lampurlanés Farré, Ariadna Martínez Guimerà, Marc Mendoza Sanahuja, Manel Pica Torné, Montserrat Rovira Rafecas and David Vázquez Ruiz
Publication Year:
2018
Language:
Spanish, 2 papers in Italian, 1 paper in English, Spanish and English abstracts
ISBN:
9781407316307
Paperback:
177 pages, Illustrated throughout in black and white. 3 tables, 18 figures, 1 map, 1 graph
BAR number:
S2887
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the Third Postgraduate Conference in Studies of Antiquity and Middle Ages, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 23–25th November 2016
Este volumen contiene las actas de las III Jornadas Predoctorales en Estudios de la Antigüedad y la Edad Media, celebradas en la Universidad Autónoma de... More
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Géoarchéologie de la transition Pléistocène-Holocène dans le nord-est pampéen (Buenos Aires, Argentine)
Révision historique, stratigraphique et taphonomique. Perspectives pour le peuplement pré-LGM
£124.00
Author:
Marcelo Javier Toledo
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
French with an English overview and abstracts plus a Spanish appendix
ISBN:
9781407315584
Paperback:
617 pages, 2 volume set. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Vol I 425 figures (80 in colour). Vol II 443 figures (46 in colour).
BAR number:
S2880
Sub Title:
Révision historique, stratigraphique et taphonomique. Perspectives pour le peuplement pré-LGM
Entre 1873 et 1884, Florentino Ameghino consacre tous ses efforts à documenter et prouver la coexistence des hommes et de la mégafaune pampéenne dans la... More
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Health Among the Maya
An osteoarchaeological comparison of sites in the northern Three Rivers Region, Belize
£60.00
Author:
Hannah Plumer
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316277
Paperback:
182 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 85 figures (68 in colour) and 51 tables
BAR number:
S2879
Sub Title:
An osteoarchaeological comparison of sites in the northern Three Rivers Region, Belize
This book examines health indicators in sites in northern Belize and compares the results to the larger context of the health of the ancient lowland Maya.... More
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Archaeological Approaches to Breaking Boundaries: Interaction, Integration and Division
Proceedings of the Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Conferences 2015–2016
£70.00
Editors:
Rebecca O'Sullivan, Christina Marini and Julia Binnberg
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315133
Paperback:
341 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 8 tables, 147 figures (48 in colour), 2 maps and 5 graphs
BAR number:
S2869
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Conferences 2015–2016
This volume brings together two Graduate Archaeology at Oxford (GAO) conferences held in 2015-2016 to present the work of early-career researchers from... More
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Sémiologie du temple maya
Contribution à l’archéologie des centres cérémoniels des Basses Terres méso-américaines (200/900 ap. J.-C.)
£129.00
Author:
Aliénor Letouzé
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781407315744
Paperback:
610 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 29 tables, 331 figures (28 in colour), 5 maps (3 in colour) and 178 plans.
BAR number:
S2855
Sub Title:
Contribution à l’archéologie des centres cérémoniels des Basses Terres méso-américaines (200/900 ap. J.-C.)
Cette recherche de doctorat est le fruit d’une analyse innovante de l’architecture méso-américaine, et plus précisément de la planification urbaine et du... More
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£33.00
Editors:
Juan Garcia Targa and Geiser Gerardo Martín Medina
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
Spanish with English prologue and abstracts
ISBN:
9781407315645
Paperback:
110 pages, Illustrated throughout in black and white. 33 figures.
BAR number:
S2854
Durante los días 23,24 y 25 de octubre de 2014 se desarrolló en Mérida (Yucatán, México) dentro de Festival de Cultura Maya (FICMAYA) el congreso Cultura y... More
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The Pottery Figurines of Pre-Columbian Peru
Volume II : The Figurines of the Central Coast
£131.00
Author:
Alexandra Morgan
Publication Year:
2017
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407315232
Paperback:
631pp
BAR number:
S2845
Sub Title:
Volume II : The Figurines of the Central Coast
The set of 3 volumes (this book, together with S1941 and S2441) aims to provide a comprehensive catalogue of Peruvian Pottery Figurines, from their first... More
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£40.00
Author:
Calogero M. Santoro
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314983
Paperback:
140pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 60 tables, 94 figures (including 13 colour photographs)
BAR number:
S2823
This is an archaeological study of social organization and change in a late prehispanic population of northern Chile. The research involves contextual... More
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£36.00
Editors:
Emily M. Stovel and Guillermo De La Fuente
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314815
Paperback:
125pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 19 tables, 12 colour figures (including 3 photographs), 53 black and white figures (including 8 photographs), 8 black and white maps
BAR number:
S2808
This volume presents current trends in the application of scientific methods to ceramic analysis throughout South America. Reports from ongoing ceramic... More
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Forest Fires and Abandonment Patterns from the Aguada Culture, Northwest Argentina
A Paleoenvironmental Study Based on the Analysis of Microcharcoals in the Ambato Valley, Catamarca Province
£56.00
Author:
Henrik B. Lindskoug
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314693
Paperback:
194pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 57 tables, 131 figures (including 43 black and white photographs and 20 colour photographs)
BAR number:
S2803
Sub Title:
A Paleoenvironmental Study Based on the Analysis of Microcharcoals in the Ambato Valley, Catamarca Province
This book deals with the disappearance of the Aguada Culture in the Catamarca Province Northwestern Argentina, focusing of the abandonment of several... More
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The Ancient Maya City of Blue Creek, Belize
Wealth, Social Organization and Ritual
£66.00
Editors:
Thomas Guderjan
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407320694
Paperback:
250pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 53 tables (including 10 colour tables), 33 colour figures (including 3 photographs), 49 black and white figures (including 11 photographs), 5 maps (including 1 colour map).
BAR number:
S2796
Sub Title:
Wealth, Social Organization and Ritual
This volume summarizes many aspects of more than twenty years of field research at the ancient Maya city of Blue Creek in northwestern Belize. Blue Creek... More
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Análisis de los procesos de uso de artefactos líticos en sociedades cazadoras-recolectoras
Ocupaciones correspondientes a la transición Pleistoceno/Holoceno, Meseta Central de Santa Cruz
£54.00
Author:
Manuel E. Cueto
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407314655
Paperback:
209pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white: 97 tables, 117 figures (including 15 photographs), 8 maps
BAR number:
S2776
Sub Title:
Ocupaciones correspondientes a la transición Pleistoceno/Holoceno, Meseta Central de Santa Cruz
The strategies of production and consumption of lithic artifacts implemented by the hunter-gatherer societies who participated in the first peopling (final... More
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£28.00
Author:
Natalia Moragas Segura
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407314280
Paperback:
83pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white and colour
BAR number:
S2767
In 1992, in the context of the Archaeological Project Teotihuacan 92-94 under the direction of Eduardo Matos Montezuma , two caves in the southeast of the... More
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£87.00
Editors:
Jaume Buxeda i Garrigós, Marisol Madrid i Fernández and Javier G. Iñañez
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314235
Paperback:
418pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2761
The study of ceramics, their movement and their changes over time is one of the most significant and fruitful areas of historical... More
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Salt Effect
Second Arheoinvest Symposium: From the ethnoarchaeology to the anthropology of salt  20-21 April 2012, ‘Al. I. Cuza’ University, Iaşi, Romania
£67.00
Editors:
Marius Alexianu, Roxana-Gabriela Curca, Vasile Cotiuga
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314228
Paperback:
292pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2760
Sub Title:
Second Arheoinvest Symposium: From the ethnoarchaeology to the anthropology of salt  20-21 April 2012, ‘Al. I. Cuza’ University, Iaşi, Romania
Salt is a biological and social necessity to human life. Salt has played a significant role in many ancient and modern processes, such as... More
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Archéologie de l'Amazonie
Les premiers habitants de la Guyane côtière
£55.00
Editors:
Stéphen Rostain
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781407314204
Paperback:
205pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white
Sub-series name:
Paris Monographs in American Archaeology, 44
BAR number:
S2758
Sub Title:
Les premiers habitants de la Guyane côtière
The history of European settlement of South Americas has been the subject of much historical, archaeological and anthropological... More
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Settlement and Subsistence in Tikal
The assembled work of Dennis E. Puleston (Field research 1961­1972)
£55.00
Editors:
Olga Stavrakis-Puleston
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314198
Paperback:
205pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white
Sub-series name:
Paris Monographs in American Archaeology, 43
BAR number:
S2757
Sub Title:
The assembled work of Dennis E. Puleston (Field research 1961­1972)
From 1956 to 1970 excavations at Tikal, one of the most famous classical Maya sites, was carried out by the University of Pennsylvania... More
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The Archaeology of an Ancient Seaside Town
Performance and Community at Samanco, Nepeña Valley, Peru (ca. 500-1 BC)
£55.00
Author:
Matthew Helmer
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314129
Paperback:
208pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2751
Sub Title:
Performance and Community at Samanco, Nepeña Valley, Peru (ca. 500-1 BC)
Studies of social complexity increasingly recognize the role of maritime communities in the development of large sociopolitical systems.... More
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Paysage socioculturel et architecture dans la culture Chimú
L’implantation humaine à l’intermédiaire recent (1000-1470 apr. J.-C.) dans la vallée de Chicama (côte nord du Pérou)
£87.00
Author:
Camille Clément
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
French with abstracts in English, French & Spanish
ISBN:
9781407314099
Paperback:
388pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white. With additional material online (annexes).
Sub-series name:
Paris Monographs in American Archaeology, 42
BAR number:
S2748
Sub Title:
L’implantation humaine à l’intermédiaire recent (1000-1470 apr. J.-C.) dans la vallée de Chicama (côte nord du Pérou)
Around the tenth century AD, the Chimú culture emerged along the arid northern coast of Peru. In the fifteenth century AD, at its peak,... More
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