1st Edition

Archaeology in Latin America

Edited By Benjamin Alberti, Gustavo G. Politis Copyright 1999
302 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

This pioneering and comprehensive survey is the first overview of current themes in Latin American archaeology written solely by academics native to the region, and it makes their collected expertise available to an English-speaking audience for the first time. The contributors cover the most significant issues in the archaeology of Latin America, such as the domestication of camelids, the... Read more
List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors, Preface, Part One History and theory: the development of contemporary archaeology in Latin America, Part Two Key issues in Latin American archaeology, Part Three New directions, Index

Biography

Gustavo G. Politis is Professor at the Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, and at the Universidad Nacional de la Plata.
Benjamin Alberti is currently engaged in research and teaching at Southampton University.