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History Central America

Archaeology of the Rivas Region, Nicaragua

by (author) Paul Healy

Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2006
Category
Central America, Archaeology, Study & Teaching
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780889207844
    Publish Date
    Jan 2006
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781554584840
    Publish Date
    Mar 1981
    List Price
    $36.99

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Central America before the Spanish Conquest has often been considered by North American archaeologists as a “backwater” of peripheral importance located between the advanced ancient civilizations of South America and Mesoamerica (Mexican–Maya country). Recent archaeological research has revealed that this area played a much more significant role in New World cultural history than was previously thought. Healy’s study examines the archaeological record of one subarea of Southern Central America, the Rivas region of Pacific Nicaragua. The work gives a detailed analysis of excavations and of artifacts recovered at seven significant prehistoric sites. A critical pioneering effort, the monograph documents cultural changes occurring over a 2,000–year time period—changes in technology, material culture, settlement, subsistence, and socio–political organization.

About the author

Paul F. Healy, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, has conducted research on the archaeology of Belize, Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua. He holds the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard. His articles and reviews have appeared in such journals as Archaeology, American Anthropologist, and American Antiquity.

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