Description
The Oxford Handbook of South American Archaeology offers a comprehensive summary of recent research on the prehistory of the continent--from its early peopling to the material manifestations of modern political repression. Organized around eight themes derived from anthropological theory, historical perspectives, and contemporary social issues, most of its seventy-seven chapters are written by local scholars who are experts in their research domains. The Handbook's geographic coverage ranges from the Caribbean Sea to Tierra de Fuego, with special attention paid to the Amazon basin, where major new discoveries throughout the twenty-first century have radically transformed our understanding of this region's prehistory. There are also chapters that examine the continent's colonial era, which include archaeological studies of missions, African slavery, and extractive industries. Other topics covered include Indigenous archaeology, multivocality in service of archaeological interpretation, calls for the decolonization of archaeological practice, feminist perspectives on the struggle of women to achieve parity in the discipline, and a re-examination of the roles that museums can play in working for social change. The result is a thorough exploration of the current landscape of South American archaeology, as well as a call for new compromises that might contribute to the preservation of this continent's cultural heritage--and, hopefully, help us better anticipate social, environmental, and political crises in the future.
Table of Contents
IntroductionChapter 1 South American archaeology: Where are we?Marcela Sepúlveda, Mark Aldenderfer and Eduardo NevesHistories, theoretical, and methodological approaches in South American archaeologyChapter 2 Theoretical Approaches: What's New?Mark AldenderferChapter 3 The Professionalization of Archaeology and the Study of the Past: Brazil, Colombia, and VenezuelaEduardo Herrera Malatesta and J. Roberto PelliniChapter 4 National archaeologies and the study of the past II: Peru and the Southern Cone Alejandro Haber and Henry TantaleánChapter 5 The impact of paleoclimate research and historical ecological studies on South American archaeologyAntonio Maldonado and Umberto LombardoChapter 6 Zooarchaeology: New approaches, debates, and contributions to South American archaeologyGuillermo Luis Mengoni Goñalons and Nicolas GoepfertChapter 7 Archaeobotany: The impact of microfossil analyses in in South American archaeological contexts Pilar Babot and Jennifer WatlingChapter 8 Bioarchaeology: New insights for South American archaeologyChristina M. Torres and Mark HubbeChapter 9 Molecular anthropology: Indigenous peoples and the South American pastJohn Lindo and André Menezes StraussChapter 10 Archaeometry in South AmericaMichael D. Glascock and Martin GiessoChapter 11 Geoarchaeology and its contribution to the South American pastXimena S. Villagran and Cristian M. Favier DuboisChapter 12 Language Lessons on the Prehistory of South AmericaPaul Heggarty and Patience EppsChapter 13 The historical archaeology of South America: An overviewDiogo M. Costa and Brendan J.M. WeaverChapter 14 Ethnoarchaeology in South America: development and perspectivesGustavo G. Politis and Fabiola SilvaChapter 15 Indigenous perspectives on the South American pastPatricia Ayala and Mariana Petry CabralChapter 16 National archaeological heritage policies and legislationMaria Luz Endere and Solsiré Cusicanqui MarsanoChapter 17 Women in South American ArchaeologyAlejandra Korstanje and Sonia ArchilaInitial entries into South AmericaChapter 18 Pleistocene settlement: First settlers in South AmericaAstolfo G. M. Araujo and José M. CaprilesChapter 19 Early peopling along the Pacific-Andean corridor in western South AmericaCésar MéndezChapter 20 First people in a new world: Peopling eastern South America in the Pleistocene-Holocene transitionAdriana Schmidt, Lucas Bueno, and Gustavo WagnerChapter 21 Megafaunal extinctions in South AmericaFabiana Maria Martín and Francisco Juan PrevostiOccupational variability in the Early HoloceneChapter 22 Early lithic technology in South AmericaRafael SuárezChapter 23 Maritime peoples of the western AndesAna Cecilia MauricioChapter 24 Highland foragers of the western AndesRandall HaasChapter 25 The Archaic in the north-central Chilean Andes: Between the ocean and the mountainsLuis Cornejo and Daniela OsorioChapter 26 Early Amazonian Economies and their Impacts for TodayClaide de paula Moraes and Anne Rapp Py-DanielChapter 27 Techno-cultural diversities in the Early Holocene: Brazilian hinterlands and the Bolivian ChacoSibeli Viana and Sirlei HoeltzChapter 28 Inland and maritime adaptations in the Southern ConeRamiro Barberena, Marianne Christensen, Dominique Legoupil and Luciano PratesChapter 29 The origins of plant management in the South American NeotropicsFrancisco Javier Aceituno and Nicolás LoaizaChapter 30 Animal management and domestication, Andean and Amazonian contextsHugo Yacobaccio and Gabriela Prestes-CarneiroTrajectories of inequality: formation, variability, and transformationsChapter 31 The Development of village life in northwestern South AmericaJames A. ZeidlerChapter 32 Early ceremonial and monumental architecture in the central AndesRafael Vega Centeno and Sara LafosseChapter 33 The Chavín Phenomenon and its Regional ManifestationDaniel A. ContrerasChapter 34 What monumental architecture tells us about occupation and territorial organization in precolonial Peru: The Paracas caseAïcha Bachir Bacha Chapter 35 The Rise of Highland Andean Societies in the Lake Titicaca BasinElizabeth KlarichChapter 36 Exchanges and early complexity in the Southern Andes: Ethnogenesis, interculturality and the lived-world (first millennium BC) Francisco Gallardo IbáñezChapter 37 Sedentarism, crops and mobility: Variability in the Formative process in the western AndesLorena Sanhueza and Mauricio UribeChapter 38 Meaningful animals and construction of seascapes in southern BrasilDaniela KloklerChapter 39 Early Ceramicists of Amazonia, Orinoquia, and the Guianas: The Modelled-Incised MatrixHelena Pinto Lima and Manuel Arroyo-KalinChapter 40 Continuity and change in the societies of the Southern Cone: Mobility and circulation in the Northwestern and Pampean regions of Argentina (2500 to 500 years BP)Sara López Campeny and Mónica Alejandra BerónChapter 41 Early ceramics in South America: Technology and usesIsabelle Druc and Francisco PuglieseChapter 42 Before the embroidery: iconography and design of Paracas Tradition textilesAnn Hudson PetersChapter 43 Early evidence of trade across the Andes between the Pacific and the AmazonFrancisco Valdez and Quirino Olivera Núñez Political dynamics in the first and second millennia CEChapter 44 Inequality, diversity, and complexity in Colombian chiefdomsAndrea M. Cuéllar Chapter 45 The Archaeology of the mighty Orinoco in the 21st C: A SynthesisNatalia Lozada-Mendieta and José R. OliverChapter 46 The Nasca CultureChristina A. ConleeChapter 47 Re-Evaluating Archaeological Discourses about the Moche of Northern PeruLuis A. Muro Ynoñán and Lisa TreverChapter 48 Wari: Influence from highland to coastFrancesca FernandiniChapter 49 Tiwanaku in the Titicaca Basin and its expansion in the south-central Andean regionClaudia Rivera-Casanovas and Carolina AgüeroChapter 50 Ritual violence at the foundation of Chimu sociopolitical control during the Late Intermediate period in the North Coast of PeruGabriel PrietoChapter 51 The Late Intermediate (1100-1450 CE) period in the Bolivian Andes and northern Chile: From center-periphery models to local developmentsJuan VillanuevaChapter 52 Sociopolitical reorganization in the Peruvian Andes after the Wari and Tiwanaku collapseHugo IkeharaChapter 53 The Inca Empire and Its strategic expansionTamara L. BrayChapter 54 The Upper AmazonStéphen RostainChapter 55 Monumental variability in southwestern AmazoniaCarla Jaimes Betancourt and Heiko PrümersChapter 56 The Lower Amazon before the European invasionCristiana Barreto, Helena Pinto Lima, and Bruno BarretoChapter 57 The archaeology of the La Plata basinMariano Bonomo and Rafael Guedes MilheiraChapter 58 Language dispersals and archaeological patterns in the tropical lowlandsFernando Ozorio Almeida and Lorena Gomes GarcíaChapter 59 Local developments in northwestern ArgentinaJavier Nastri and Florencia ÁvilaChapter 60 Pre-Hispanic settlement and political dynamics in Central and South-Central Chile in the second millennia ADFernanda Falabella and Leonor AdánChapter 61 The development and variability of agriculture in South AmericaMyrtle P. Shock and Maria C. BrunoChapter 62 Andean pastoralism and caravansAxel E. Nielsen and Nicolas TripcevichChapter 63 Pre-Columbian navigation along the Pacific shore of the Atacama DesertBenjamín BallesterChapter 64 Mining and its economic implications for Andean societiesMichelle YoungChapter 65 Andinoamerican Metallurgical Technology and its VariabilityColleen ZoriChapter 66 Rock art in South America: new challenges, approaches, and discoveries at the beginning of the 21st century.Marcela Sepúlveda, Edithe Pereia, and Johnny IslaChapter 67 Funerary practices in complex Andean societiesPeter EeckhoutChapter 68 Warfare in the central AndesElizabeth ArkushChapter 69 Pilgrimages, oracles, and Andean sanctuariesCésar Astuhuamán The archaeology of the colonial occupation, state formation, and industrial tinesChapter 70 Mission archaeologyScotti M. NormanChapter 71 Archaeology of slavery in South AmericaLuis Symanski and Johana Caterina Mantilla OliverosChapter 72 The archaeology of extractive industries in early colonial South AmericaNoa Corcoran-Tadd Chapter 73 Native depopulation, health, and disease in South America. Consequences and legacies of colonialismMelissa S. Murphy and Alexander Garcia-PutnamChapter 74 Industrial times in South American archaeologyNicolás C. Ciarlo and Francisco RiveraContemporary issues in South American archaeologyChapter 75 The archaeology of political repressionAndres Zarankin, José López Mazz, and Pedro Fermín MaguireChapter 76 Public archaeology in South AmericaMarcia Bezerra de Almeida and Alexander Herrera WassilowskyChapter 77 Roles and challenges of the museums in South America: A bird's eye viewDenise Pozzi-Escot and Alejandra Saladino
