Archeology and Volcanism in Central America : : The Zapotitán Valley of El Salvador /

Archeology and Volcanism in Central America : : The Zapotitán Valley of El Salvador / / ed. by Payson D. Sheets.

Scientists have long speculated on the impact of extreme natural catastrophes on human societies. Archeology and Volcanism in Central America provides dramatic evidence of the effects of several volcanic disasters on a major civilization of the Western Hemisphere, that of the Maya. During the past 2...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
MitwirkendeR:
Beaudry, Marilyn,
Black, Kevin,
Chandler, Susan,
Hart, William,
Hummer, Anne,
Hummert, Fames,
Loker, William,
Matthews, Meredith,
Mclntyre, Virginia,
Olson, Gerald,
Sheets, Payson,
Short, Susan,
Zier, Christian,
HerausgeberIn:
Sheets, Payson D.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1983
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Texas Pan American Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (318 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • Contributor
  • 2. Tierra Blanca Joven Tephra from the a d 260 Eruption of Ilopango Caldera
  • 3. C lassic to Postclassic Tephra Layers Exposed in Archeological Sites, Eastern Zapotitan Valley
  • 4. An Evaluation of Soil Properties and Potentials in Different Volcanic D eposits
  • 5. The Zapotitan Valley Archeological Survey
  • 6. Excavations at the Cam bio Site
  • 7 . The Ceren Site: A C lassic Period Maya Residence and Agricultural Field in the Zapotitan Valley
  • 8. The Ceren Survey and Test Excavations at C-2, a Postclassic Village
  • 9. The C eram ics of the Zapotitan Valley
  • 10. Chipped Stone from the Zapotitan Valley
  • 1 1 . Ground Stone of the Zapotitan Valley
  • 1 2 . Recent Geophysical Explorations at Ceren
  • 1 3 . Summary and Conclusions
  • Appendix I. A nalysis of Faunal M aterials from the Protoclassic Project in the Zapotitan Valley, 1978 Season
  • Appendix II. Pollen A nalyses from 1978 Research in the Zapotitan Valley
  • Contributors
  • Index

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