From foraging to farming in the Andes : new perspectives on food production and social organization / / edited by Tom D. Dillehay ; contributors, Peter Kaulicke ... [et al.].

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Dillehay, Tom D.; Kaulicke, Peter.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xviii, 361 p., [4] p. of plates :; ill., col. maps.

"Archaeologists have always considered the beginnings of Andean civilization from ca. 13,000 to 6,000 years ago to be important in terms of the appearance of domesticated plants and animals, social differentiation, and a sedentary lifestyle, but there is more to this period than just these deve...

Table of Contents

• Machine generated contents note: Foreword Peter Kaulicke; 1. Introduction Tom D. Dillehay; 2. Research history, methods, and site types Tom D. Dillehay, Kary Stackelbeck, Jack Rossen and Greg Maggard; 3. Pleistocene and Holocene environments Patricia J. Netherly; 4. El Palto phase Greg Maggard and Tom D. Dillehay; 5. Las Pircas phase Jack Rossen; 6. Tierra Blanca phase Kary Stackelbeck and Tom D. Dillehay; 7. Preceramic mounds and hillside villages Tom D. Dillehay, Patricia J. Netherly and Jack Rossen; 8. Human remains John Verano and Jack Rossen; 9. Preceramic plant use Jack Rossen; 10. Faunal remains Kary Stackelbeck; 11. Material cultures Tom D. Dillehay, Greg Maggard, Jack Rossen and Kary Stackelbeck; 12. Forager and farming land use systems Tom D. Dillehay; 13. From foraging to farming and community development Tom D. Dillehay, Jack Rossen and Kary Stackelbeck; 14. Northern Peruvian early and middle preceramic agriculture in Central and South American context Dolores Piperno; 15. Conclusions Tom D. Dillehay; Appendix 1. Radiocarbon dates from the study area; Appendix 2. Dry forests and biomes of the coastal valleys and lower western slopes of northwestern Peru Patricia J. Netherly; Appendix 3. Stable carbon isotopes Patricia J. Netherly; Appendix 4. Faunal remains from all phases Kary Stackelbeck.