Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Figures xv
4. Tables xix
5. Plates xxi
6. Foreword xxiii
7. Preface xxv
8. Nicaragua: A Prospectus
9. Introduction 3
10. The Biogeographical Setting of Nicaragua 7
11. A Brief History of the Culture Subarea 19
12. Archaeology of the Rivas Region
13. The Archaeological Sites 37
14. Cultural Remains of Rivas and their Interpretation
15. The Ceramics of Rivas 77
16. The Artifacts: Ceramic, Stone, Bone, Shell, and Metal 257
17. “Mohammed’s Paradise”: The Exploitation of Faunal Resources in the Rivas Region of Nicaragua 287
18. The Rivas Culture History
19. The Rivas Sequence: Relative and Absolute Chronology 296
20. Comparative Analysis: The Place of Rivas in Central American Archaeology 311
21. A Proposed Culture History of the Rivas Region 329
22. A Summary 343
23. References Cited 347
24. Plates 365
25. Index 377