Origins and Distribution of Plants Domesticated in the New World Tropics

Chapters in this book

1. I-XVI I
2. PART ONE: Analogy and Cultural Reconstruction of Lithic Industries
3. Introduction 3
4. The Aguas Verdes Industry of Northern Chile 7
5. Toolmaking and Tool Use Among the Preceramic Peoples of Panama 41
6. PART TWO: Origins of Plant and Animal Domestication
7. Introduction 87
8. Population Pressure and the Origins of Agriculture: An Archaeological Example from the Coast of Peru 91
9. Origins and Distribution of Plants Domesticated in the New World Tropics 133
10. Animal Domestication in the Andes 167
11. The Pre-Columbian Araucanian Chicken (Gallus inauris) of the Mapuche Indians 189
12. PART THREE: Cultural Development in the Northern Andes
13. Introduction 199
14. Formative-Period Interaction Spheres in the Intermediate Area: Archaeology of Central America and Adjacent South America 203
15. Ridged-Field Excavations in the Central Orinoco Llanos, Venezuela 235
16. Ecology, Economy, and Warfare in Lowland South America 247
17. The Formative Cultures of the Venezuela Oriente 259
18. Majolica Pottery: Determination of Its Provenience Using Thermoluminescence 277
19. Interpretation of Buried Structures: Coastal Sites of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil 291
20. PART FOUR: Economic and Urban Development in the Central Andes
21. Introduction 303
22. The Cultural and Ecological Context of the Mantaro Valley During the Formative Period 307
23. Toward the Development of the Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku) State 327
24. Cerro Sechin: Medical Anthropology's Inauguration in Peru ? 351
25. Prehistory and Petroglyphs in Southern Peru 371
26. Ecological Factors Affecting the Urban Transformation in the Last Centuries of the Pre-Columbian Era 393
27. Toward a Typology of Architecture and Urbanism in the Pre-Columbian Andes 411
28. Manifestations of Inca Culture in Two Provinces of Chile 443
29. PART FIVE: Paleoecological Studies in Argentina
30. Introduction 451
31. Considerations on the Periodizations of Northwest Argentina 453
32. Paleoecology of the Calchaquí Valley, Salta Province, Argentina 485
33. Concerning the Archaeology of the Humahuaca Quebrada 513
34. Contribution to the San Jose and Santa Maria Cultures, Northwest Argentina 525
35. Biographical Notes 553
36. Index of Names 561
37. Index of Subjects 567