| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 368 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies in archaeology |
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Studies in archaeology.
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| Contents |
Dennis Edward Puleston (1940-1978): Maya archaeologist / Gordon R. Willey -- Cultural evolution and ecological succession in the Valley of Guatemala: 1500 B.C.-A.D. 1524 / William T. Sanders and Carson N. Murdy -- An ecological model of the early Maya of the central lowlands / Barbara Voorhies -- Prehistoric agricultural systems in El Salvador / Payson D. Sheets -- Subsistence and society in eastern Yucatan / Peter D. Harrison -- Subsistence, trade, and development of the coastal Maya / David A. Freidel and Vernon Scarborough -- Ancient lowland and highland Maya water and soil conservation strategies / Raymond T. Matheny -- Hydraulic agriculture in the American tropics: forms, measures, and recent research / William M. Denevan -- Prehispanic agricultural use of the wetlands of northern Belize / Alfred H. Siemens -- The origin of raised fields near San Antonio, Belize: an alternative hypothesis / Pierre P. Antoine, Richard L. Skarie, and Paul R. Bloom -- The plant world of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century lowland Maya / Joyce Marcus -- Agriculture and trade in the colonial period southern Maya lowlands / Grant D. Jones -- The traditional role of women and animals in lowland Maya economy / Mary Pohl and Lawrence H. Feldman -- The contemporary role of women in lowland Maya livestock production / Marion Marshall Nimis -- Experiences in traditional hydraulic agriculture / Arturo Gomez-Pompa, Hector Luis Morales, Epifanio Jimenez Avila, and Julio Jimenez Avila -- Maya subsistence: a commentary / George A. Collier -- Appendix 1: Dennis E. Puleston: a tribute / Frank C. Miller -- Appendix 2: the role of Ramon in Maya subsistence / Dennis E. Puleston |
| Analysis |
Central America Maya agricultural settlements Archaeological investigation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Puleston, Dennis Edward, 1940-1978 -- Congresses.
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Indians of Central America -- Agriculture -- Congresses.
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Indians of Central America -- Economic conditions -- Congresses.
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Indians of Mexico -- Agriculture -- Congresses.
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Indians of Mexico -- Economic conditions -- Congresses.
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Mayas -- Agriculture -- Congresses.
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Mayas -- Economic conditions -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Festschriften.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Flannery, Kent V.
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Puleston, Dennis Edward, 1940-1978.
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University of Minnesota. Department of Anthropology.
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| ISBN |
012259780X (electronic bk.) |
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1483299171 |
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9780122597800 (electronic bk.) |
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9781483299174 |
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