The Handbook of South American Archaeology
Handbook of South American Archaeology Edited by Helaine Silverman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA and William H. Isbell State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, USA The Handbook of South American Archaeology has been crea
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The Handbook of South American Archaeology Edited by
Helaine Silverman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL
and
William H. Isbell State University of New York- Binghamton Binghamton, NY
William H. Isbell Department of Anthropology State University of New York Binghamton, NY 13902 email: [email protected]
Editors Helaine Silverman Department of Anthropology University of Illinois Urbana, IL 61801 email: [email protected]
ISBN: 978-0-387-74906-8 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79407-5
e-ISBN: 978-0-387-79407-5
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008920390 © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Cover images Front cover (clockwise from lower left): Figure 22.2 from book: Ceramic female representation, Betancí style, Colombia. Fig 12.19 from book: Barracanoid ceramics from the lower Orinoco, a biomorphic head surmounted by a harpy eagle (ca. 900-500 BC). Fig 16.8 from book: Late Aristé polychrome funerary urn, Tour Reliquaire cave, Oyapock Bay, French Guiana Spine: Fig 17.10 from book: Lip plug made of shell, Hertenrits Culture. The specimen is 4.7 cm high. Background image: Figure 40.8 from book: Inca-style cloth, of the fine variety (kumpi), was produced by specialists, often women, and employed in events that displayed and conferred status. This example is one of the finest Inca tunics known. It is decorated all over with the tocapu motif. (Copyright: Dumbarton Oaks, Pre-Columbian Collection, Washington, DC; Object accession number PC.B.518; used with permission) Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 (Corrected at 2nd printing, 2008) springer.com
Dedicated to the memory of Craig Morris, an esteemed and amiable colleague to many of the Andeanists contributing to this volume and to the worldwide Andeanist community. He is remembered for his generosity, always genteel Southern charm, and pioneering Inca research.
Dedicated to the memory of James (Jim) Petersen, colleague and friend of many of the contributors to this volume, who was killed tragically in 2005 in a hold-up in Brazil, while he was conducting fieldwork. He is remembered as a wonderful person and exceptional archaeologist.
Contributors
Félix A. Acuto, Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University-SUNY, Binghamton, NY 13902 Mark S. Aldenderfer, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
