Download or read book La cer mica precolombina en Costa Rica written by Michael Jay Snarskis and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Aves de piedra barro y oro en la Costa Rica precolombina written by Patricia Fernández Esquivel and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scholarly and physically stunning presentation of the use of bird imagery in pre-Columbian Costa Rican art, with an equal balance of photos and text. Includes indigenous culture, contemporary links, and comparative photos of artifacts and actual birds

Download or read book Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica Panama and Colombia written by Jeffrey Quilter and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 2003 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lands between Mesoamerica and the Central Andes are famed for the rich diversity of ancient cultures that inhabited them. Throughout this vast region, from about AD 700 until the sixteenth-century Spanish invasion, a rich and varied tradition of goldworking was practiced. The amount of gold produced and worn by native inhabitants was so great that Columbus dubbed the last New World shores he sailed as Costa Rica—the "Rich Coast." Despite the long-recognized importance of the region in its contribution to Pre-Columbian culture, very few books are readily available, especially in English, on these lands of gold. Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia now fills that gap with eleven articles by leading scholars in the field. Issues of culture change, the nature of chiefdom societies, long-distance trade and transport, ideologies of value, and the technologies of goldworking are covered in these essays as are the role of metals as expressions and materializations of spiritual, political, and economic power. These topics are accompanied by new information on the role of stone statuary and lapidary work, craft and trade specialization, and many more topics, including a reevaluation of the concept of the "Intermediate Area." Collectively, the volume provides a new perspective on the prehistory of these lands and includes articles by Latin American scholars whose writings have rarely been published in English.

Download or read book The Quintessential Naturalist written by Douglas A. Kelt and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oliver P. Pearson’s studies on mammalian biology remain standard reading for ecologists, physiologists, taxonomists, and biogeographers. Reflecting this, the papers gathered here continue to expand our understanding of the ecology and evolution of subterranean mammals, and of ecology, taxonomy, and biogeography of Neotropical mammals, a group that was central to the latter half of Pearson’s career.

Download or read book Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in Costa Rica written by Frederick W. Lange and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Archaeology Volcanism and Remote Sensing in the Arenal Region Costa Rica written by Payson D. Sheets and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book contains 17 chapters by 13 authors; 10 are single-authored and the others by various combinations of multiple authors. The work is meticulous ranging from regional to site descriptions, and covering remote sensing applications, chipped stone, ground stone, jewelry, phytoliths, pollen, and macrobotanicals. An excellent account of the archaeology in this region beginning with Paleoindian occupations. Provides a complementary data set to those collected under similar circumstances in El Salvador and Panama"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Download or read book Values and Valuables written by Cynthia Werner and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2004-01-13 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of distinguished anthropologists and economists discuss the value attached to material objects by different cultures. The authors consider the sacred nature of objects that are exchanged between individuals, the value and power of markets, money, and credit, and the ways in which contemporary people bestow symbolic value on objects or individuals. With its emphasis on the interplay of cultural and economic values, this volume will be a great resource for economists and economic anthropologists.

Download or read book Costa Rican Art and Archaeology written by Frederick W. Lange and published by Johnson Books. This book was released on 1988 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Taking and Displaying of Human Body Parts as Trophies by Amerindians written by Richard J. Chacon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-21 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume mainly focuses on the practice of taking and displaying various body parts as trophies in both North and South America. The editors and contributors (which include Native Peoples from both continents) examine the evidence and causes of Amerindian trophy taking. Additionally, they present objectively and discuss dispassionately the topic of human proclivity toward ritual violence. This book fills the gap in literature on this subject.

Download or read book Precolumbian Jade written by Frederick W. Lange and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a broad compendium and synthesis of current jade research, both geological and cultural, in Mesoamerica and Central America. Of interest to mineralogists, archaeologists, and art historians, it promises to be a major source book for the study of Precolumbian cultures. Beautifully illustrated throughout.

Download or read book Journal of the Steward Anthropological Society written by Steward Anthropological Society and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Inter regional Ties in Costa Rican Prehistory written by Esther Skirboll and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 1984 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Symposium in honor of Carl Vilhelm Hartman, held in Carnegie Museum's Section of Anthropology.

Download or read book Research and Reflections in Archaeology and History written by Doris Stone and published by Tulane University, Middle American Research Institute. This book was released on 1986 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Archaeology of Lower Central America written by Frederick W. Lange and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Recent Studies in Pre Columbian Archaeology written by Nicholas J. Saunders and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book La cer mica precolombina written by Emma Sánchez Montañés and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful photographs adorn this regional study of pre-Colombian ceramics.

Download or read book Costa Rica written by Meg Tyler Mitchell Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-02-21 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a fascinating guide to one of Latin America's most stable and progressive nations, examining the country's development, unique features, and the challenges Costa Ricans face in the 21st century. Costa Rica: A Global Studies Handbook offers readers an authoritative tour of a remarkable country, tracing its historical development from pre-Colombian inhabitants and Spanish colonization through rising prosperity in the mid-19th century to current struggles to define itself economically and politically. Costa Rica combines narrative chapters on the nation's history and the current state of its political, social, and cultural institutions with alphabetically organized entries covering important people, places, and events in its development. Throughout, the authors, drawing on extensive research and their own experiences, highlight the many ways Costa Rica is different from its neighbors, as well as the challenges the country faces in the 21st century's globalized world.