Tibes - People, Power, and Ritual at the Center of the Cosmos

Informationen zum Autor L. Antonio Curet is Assistant Curator in the Department of Anthropology at The Field Museum, Chicago, and author of Caribbean Paleodemography: Population, Culture History, and Sociopolitical Processes in Ancient Puerto Rico. Lisa M. Stringer is Associate in the Department of Anthropology at The Field Museum. * Klappentext The first comprehensive analysis of a strategically located ceremonial center on the island of Puerto Rico. Zusammenfassung The prehistoric civic-ceremonial center of Tibes is located on the southern coast of Puerto Rico! just north of the modern coastal city of Ponce. This volume examines the geophysical! paleoethnobotanical! faunal! lithics! base rock! osteology! bone chemistry and nutrition! social landscape! and ceremonial constructs employed at Tibes.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: L. Antonio (EDT)/ Stringer Curet, The University of Alabama Press
• Con la collaborazione di: L Antonio Curet (Editore), L. Antonio Curet (Editore), Lisa M Stringer (Editore), Lisa M. Stringer (Editore)
• Editore: The University of Alabama Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.12.2009
• EAN: 9780817355791
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5579-1
• Pagine: 392
• Serie: Caribbean Archaeology and Ethn; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethn
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie