Before the Volcano Erupted : : The Ancient Cerén Village in Central America /

Before the Volcano Erupted : : The Ancient Cerén Village in Central America / / ed. by Payson D. Sheets.

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On an August evening around AD 600, residents of the Cerén village in the Zapotitán Valley of what is now El Salvador were sitting down to their nightly meal when ground tremors and loud steam emissions warned of an impending volcanic eruption. The villagers fled, leaving their town to be buried und...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Barber, Sarah B.,
Beaubien, Harriet F.,
Beaudry-Corbett, Marilyn,
Bishop, Ronald L.,
Brown, Linda A.,
Calvin, Inga,
Conyers, Lawrence B.,
Gerstle, Andrea I.,
Lara M., Carlos Benjamín,
Lentz, David L.,
McKee, Brian R.,
Miller, C. Dan,
Ramírez-Sosa, Carlos R.,
Sheets, Payson,
Simmons, Scott E.,
Spetzler, Hartmut,
Tucker, David B.,
Woodward, Michelle,
HerausgeberIn:
Sheets, Payson D.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2002
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (238 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface: Payson Sheets
  • Chapter 1 Introduction: Payson Sheets, with an Appendix by Brian R. McKee
  • Part one Multidisciplinary Research
  • Chapter 2 Volcanology, Stratigraphy, and Effects on Structures
  • Chapter 3 Geophysical Exploration at Cerén
  • Chapter 4 Cerén Plant Resources: Abundance and Diversity
  • Part Two Household Archaeology
  • Chapter 5 Ancient Home and Garden: The View from Household 1 at Cerén
  • Chapter 6 Household 2 at Cerén: The Remains of an Agrarian and Craft-Oriented Corporate Group
  • Chapter 7 Structure 16: The Kitchen of Household 3
  • Chapter 8 Structure 4: A Storehouse-Workshop for Household 4
  • Part three Special Buildings
  • Chapter 9 The Civic Complex
  • Chapter 10 Structure 9: A Precolumbian Sweat Bath at Cerén
  • Chapter 11 Structure 10: Feasting and Village Festivals
  • Chapter 12 Divination at Cerén: The Evidence from Structure 12
  • Part four Artifacts
  • chapter 13 Ceramics and Their Use at Cerén
  • chapter 14 The Chipped Stone Artifacts of Cerén
  • Chapter 15 Groundstone Artifacts in the Cerén Village
  • chapter 16 Household and Community Animal Use at Cerén
  • Chapter 17 Artifacts Made from Plant Materials
  • Part five Topics and Issues of Cerén Research
  • Chapter 18 The Conservation Program at Cerén
  • Chapter 19 Household Production and Specialization at Cerén
  • chapter 20 Cultivating Biodiversity: Milpas, Gardens, and the Classic Period Landscape
  • Chapter 21 Continuity and Change in the Contemporary Community of Joya de Cerén
  • Chapter 22 Summary and Conclusions
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index

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