Introduction: Addressing the Isthmo-Colombian Area and beyond / John W. Hoopes, Colin McEwan, Bryan R. Cockrell -- One hundred fifty years of Isthmo-Colombian archaeology: paradigms and prospects / John W. Hoopes, Silvia Salgado Gonzalez -- Central America: time for a paradigm shift / Rosemary A. Joyce -- Origins, dispersal, and survival of indigenous societies in the Central American Landbridge Zone of the Isthmo-Colombian Area / Richard G. Cooke -- Shining stones and brilliant regalia: connections between Classic Mesoamerica and Central America and Colombia / James Doyle, John W. Hoopes, David Mora-Marin -- Central American gold, Central American teachers: Maya gold disk offerings at the Cenote of Sacrifice, Chichen Itza / Mary Ellen Miller -- Extracted objects: metals from the Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza / Edith Ortiz Diaz, Jose Luis Ruvalcaba, Bryan R. Cockrell -- The ceramics of Pacific Nicaragua: recent investigations in style, manufacture, and distribution / Geoffrey McCafferty, Carrie L. Dennett -- Monumental stone sculpture in Central Nicaragua / Alexander Geurds -- Patterning in Chiriqui villages and cemeteries of the Terraba-Coto Brus Valley / R. Jeffrey Frost -- A view from Grave 5, Sitio Conte, Panama / Karen O'Day -- Who is the chief? The central people of Burial 11, Sitio Conte / Clark L. Erickson, Monica Fenton -- The construction of gender in graves at Sitio Conte / Monica Fenton -- Social complexity at El Cano / Julia Mayo Torne, Carlos Mayo Torne, Mercedes Guinea Bueno, Miguel Angel Hervas, Jesus Herrerin, Alfredo Fernandez-Valmayor -- The Muisca Raft: context, materiality, and technology / Maria Alicia Uribe Villegas, Marcos Martinon-Torres, Juan Pablo Quintero Guzman -- The view from the Caribbean / Reniel Rodriguez Ramos, John W. Hoopes -- Caribbean-Central American long-distance interaction: a cautionary note / L. Antonio Curet, Jose R. Oliver -- Networks of interaction along the Pacific Corridor: the role of metal and shell / Antonio Jaramillo Arango -- Squaring the circle in ancient Ecuador: dualism, quadripartition, and spatial hierarchy as elements of emergent social complexity / James A. Zeidler, Colin McEwan -- Seats, seating, and social roles: cross-cultural comparisons / Colin McEwan, Matthew Looper.
Summary:
"Pre-Columbian Central America, Colombia, and Ecuador: Toward an Integrated Approach explores a wide range of topical interests in the archaeology of the Isthmo- Colombian Area and its neighboring territories. It draws fresh attention to the significance of a formerly marginalized region or culture area (as Lower Central America or the Intermediate Area) and repositions it in the context of the wider Pre-Columbian world"-- Provided by publisher.
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