Research Catalog

Title

Tropical forest archaeology in Western Pichincha, Ecuador / Ronald D. Lippi.

Author

Lippi, Ronald D.

Publication

Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thompson Learning, ©2004.

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Description

xix, 148 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Case studies in archaeology

Uniform Title

Case studies in archaeology series.

Subject

• Indians of South America > Pichincha (Province) > Antiquities
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Pichincha (Province)
• Forest archaeology > Pichincha (Province)
• Antiquities
• Excavations (Archaeology)
• Forest archaeology
• Indians of South America > Antiquities
• Pichincha (Ecuador : Province) > Antiquities
• Ecuador > Pichincha (Province)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Chapter 1. A Visit to the Tsachilas -- Chapter 2. The Western Pichincha Project -- A Forgotten Part of Ecuador -- A Fleeting Archaeological Opportunity -- The Western Pichincha Research Region -- The Natural Setting -- Previous Archaeological Research in the Region -- Chapter 3. The Ethnohistory of Western Pichincha -- Ethnohistory -- The Yumbos -- The Niguas -- The Campaces, "Colorados," and Tsachilas -- The Caranquis -- The Inca Invasion -- The Spanish Colonial Period -- The 19th and 20th Centuries -- Chapter 4. Looking for Sites in All the Right Places -- The Rationale for a Regional Survey -- Western Pichincha -- A Surveyor's Hell? -- The Survey Strategy -- Getting Permission -- Cataloging Sites -- The Subsurface Testing of the Nambillo Site -- Chapter 5. How to "X-ray" a Deeply Buried Cloud Forest Site -- The Nambillo Site and Its Setting -- Some Background on Mindo -- Soil Coring at Nambillo -- The Stratigraphy -- The Paleotopography -- Phosphate Analysis of the Soils -- Chapter 6. Performing "Exploratory Surgery" at Nambillo -- Excavation Methods and Techniques -- Special Samples for Analysis -- Features Discovered -- Finishing the Dig -- Radiocarbon Dating of the Site -- Conclusions Regarding the Research at Nambillo -- Chapter 7. Lost and Found -- Special Interest Sites -- Cataloged Archaeological Sites -- Tolas -- Artificial Earthen Mounds -- Forts -- Petroglyphs -- Lost Towns -- Ancient Trails -- Chapter 8. Reading the Artifacts -- A Study of a Sample of Obsidian Artifacts -- Source Identification of Some Obsidian Artifacts -- Ground Stone Artifacts -- An Overview of the Analysis of Diagnostic Pottery -- Identification of Known Pottery Complexes or Possible Cultural Relationships -- Special Ceramic Artifacts of Diagnostic Value -- Chapter 9. Yumbos, Niguas, and the Space -- Time Continuum -- Chronology: Establishing the Time Dimension in Western Pichincha -- Chorology: Establishing the Space Dimension in Western Pichincha -- Chapter 10. What We Have Learned, or Who Said Hindsight Is 20-20? -- A Tentative Sketch of Yumbo and Nigua Culture History -- Methodological Contributions of the Project -- The Lost Rainforest: The Fate of the Niguas and Yumbos.

ISBN

• 0534612946
• 9780534612948

LCCN

2003550460

OCLC

• 54280072
• SCSB-11177397

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library