Central and South America and the Caribbean

Rock Art, Water, and Ancestors
The semiotic construction of a sacred landscape in the central Andes (1800 BCE - CE 1820)
£78.00
Author:
Gordon Ambrosino
Publication Year:
2020
ISBN:
9781407356624
Paperback:
296 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 39 tables, 320 figures, 9 maps, 4 graphs
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of Prehistoric Art, 2
BAR number:
S2969
Sub Title:
The semiotic construction of a sacred landscape in the central Andes (1800 BCE - CE 1820)
As landscape art, the rock art of the central Andes offers clues regarding relationships between ancestor veneration and the negotiation of rights to water.... More
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£74.00
Editors:
Terry G. Powis, Sheldon Skaggs and George J. Micheletti. Foreword by Jaime J. Awe
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356631
Paperback:
272 pages, Illustrated in colour and black and white, 24 tables, 122 figures
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of the Maya, 4
BAR number:
S2970
This volume presents the results of 35 years of archaeological research at the Maya site of Pacbitun, located in west central Belize. The site was... More
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£71.00
Editors:
Bruno Rosignoli, Carlos Marín Suárez y Carlos Tejerizo-García
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
Spanish, English, and Portuguese
ISBN:
9781407356549
Paperback:
268 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 6 tables, 127 figures.
BAR number:
S2979
Sub Title:
Violencia, resistencia, resiliencia / Violence, resistance, resilience
En momentos de incremento de los gobiernos de extrema derecha en todo el mundo, la emergencia de regímenes autoritarios es, de nuevo, un tema de actualidad.... More
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£56.00
Author:
Osvaldo H. Sironi
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407356785
Paperback:
192 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 36 tables, 91 figures.
BAR number:
S2982
Este libro propone una forma de estudiar la historia de los modos de vida en paisajes mineros desde una perspectiva histórica-arqueológica, más... More
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£78.00
Editors:
Juan Garcia Targa and Geiser Gerardo Martín Medina
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
Spanish and English
ISBN:
9781407357102
Paperback:
320 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 13 tables, 181 figures.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of the Maya, 5
BAR number:
S2985
El paisaje urbano maya: del Preclásico al Virreinato lleva a cabo una reflexión en torno a ese término en el ámbito de la cultura maya. El volumen se... More
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Los artiodáctilos de Fuego-Patagonia (Chile)
Explotación alimenticia y su importancia en la tecnología ósea de los cazadores-recolectores del Holoceno medio y tardío
£76.00
Author:
Victor Sierpe G.
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407357157
Paperback:
288 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 60 tables, 177 figures.
BAR number:
S2993
Sub Title:
Explotación alimenticia y su importancia en la tecnología ósea de los cazadores-recolectores del Holoceno medio y tardío
Este libro presenta la investigación sobre la explotación alimenticia y tecnológica de restos de artiodáctilos, Hippocamelus bisulcus (huemul) y Lama... More
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The Materiality of Remembering
An ethnographic study of the living spaces in a Nahua municipality in Veracruz, Mexico
£49.00
Author:
Julieta Flores-Muñoz
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357034
Paperback:
172 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 86 figures, 12 maps.
BAR number:
S3002
Sub Title:
An ethnographic study of the living spaces in a Nahua municipality in Veracruz, Mexico
Although oral narrations are the way in which history has survived in Mexican indigenous contexts, they have been long disregarded as a valid source of... More
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£52.00
Author:
Paula E. Galligani
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
Spanish with an English abstract
ISBN:
9781407357300
Paperback:
180 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 25 tables, 128 figures.
BAR number:
S3003
En este libro se presentan y discuten resultados de estudios sobre diagénesis ósea en restos humanos y de mamíferos grandes, recuperados en una región... More
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£61.00
Author:
Alec McLellan
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357560
Paperback:
232 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 29 tables, 118 figures.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of the Maya, 6
BAR number:
S3007
Sub Title:
Two Precolumbian Maya sites in Northern Belize
At Lamanai and Ka’kabish, two Precolumbian Maya centres in north-western Belize, archaeologists have researched the environment, architecture, and long-term... More
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Socioeconomic Networks and the Rise of Maya Civilization
The web of complexity at Middle Preclassic Cahal Pech, Belize
£77.00
Author:
Sherman W. Horn III
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357546
Paperback:
348 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 69 tables, 111 figures.
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of the Maya, 7
BAR number:
S3009
Sub Title:
The web of complexity at Middle Preclassic Cahal Pech, Belize
This study examines the origins of complex society in the Maya Lowlands during the Middle Preclassic period. Excavations at Cahal Pech - a mid-sized Maya... More
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La navegación prehispánica en Mesoamérica
Modelo de conectividad entre la costa del Pacífico y el Altiplano Central (1200-1521 d.C.)
£59.00
Author:
Mariana Favila-Vázquez
Publication Year:
2020
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407357461
Paperback:
224 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 5 tables, 183 figures
Sub-series name:
Cultural Studies in Maritime and Underwater Archaeology, 2
BAR number:
S3013
Sub Title:
Modelo de conectividad entre la costa del Pacífico y el Altiplano Central (1200-1521 d.C.)
Este libro es un estudio sobre la navegación prehispánica y los paisajes culturales marítimos en Mesoamérica. La autora presenta un estudio de caso para... More
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¡El Yunque se levanta!
Interdisciplinarity and activism at the La Mina petroglyph site
£37.00
Author:
Rhianna C. Rogers, James Schuetz and Rex Cauldwell
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356433
Paperback:
120 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 87 figures and 8 tables.
BAR number:
S3019
Sub Title:
Interdisciplinarity and activism at the La Mina petroglyph site
Archaeologists consider Puerto Rico a key geographical location for categorizing native occupations in the Caribbean. However, lack of funding, minimal... More
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13th International Council of Archaeozoology Conference, 2018
Archaeological, biological and historical approaches in archaeozoological research
£49.00
Editors:
Evangelia Pişkin
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357843
Paperback:
172 pages
BAR number:
S3028
Sub Title:
Archaeological, biological and historical approaches in archaeozoological research
This volume collects 10 papers presented at the 13th ICAZ International conference comprising of research from wide-ranging geographical and chronological... More
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The Maya and Environmental Stress from Past to Present
Human response and adaptation to climate change in the Maya lowlands
£55.00
Author:
Eva Jobbová
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357287
Paperback:
236 pages
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of the Maya, 8
BAR number:
S3055
Sub Title:
Human response and adaptation to climate change in the Maya lowlands
Both the perceived successes and failures of the Maya are often linked to their relationship with the local environment and their response to episodes of... More
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Commemorating Coal Mining Worldwide
International museums, heritage centres and sites related to coal mining
£115.00
Author:
Margaret Lindsay Faull
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358123
Paperback:
504 pages. Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour. 452 figures.
BAR number:
S3076
Sub Title:
International museums, heritage centres and sites related to coal mining
This book contains descriptions of 432 coal-mining museums, heritage centres, archives and memorials, and preserved colliery sites in 48 countries in... More
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Mesoamerican Codices
Calendrical knowledge and ceremonial practice in Indigenous religion and history
£53.00
Author:
Alessia Frassani
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359670
Paperback:
186 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white and colour. 115 illustrations.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30861/9781407359670
BAR number:
S3085
Sub Title:
Calendrical knowledge and ceremonial practice in Indigenous religion and history
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on the BAR Digital... More
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Rock Art in the Landscapes of Motion
Proceedings of a session of the 20th International Rock Art Congress IFRAO 2018 in Valcamonica, Italy
£56.00
Editors:
Pawel L Polkowski and Frank Förster
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359892
Paperback:
192 pages
BAR number:
S3092
Sub Title:
Proceedings of a session of the 20th International Rock Art Congress IFRAO 2018 in Valcamonica, Italy
This volume presents a collection of papers focusing on the dynamic relationship between rock art, movement and the surrounding landscape. The contributors... More
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La Casa Arqueológica
Estudios de caso en la antigüedad
£65.00
Editors:
Juan Garcia Targa and Geiser Gerardo Martín Medina
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407360058
Paperback:
248 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour
BAR number:
S3096
Sub Title:
Estudios de caso en la antigüedad
El volumen La Casa Arqueológica: estudios de caso en la antigüedad está compuesto de 18 artículos en los que se lleva a cabo el acercamiento a la realidad... More
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Beyond Death
Beliefs, Practice, and Material Expression
£48.00
Editors:
Patrick Ryan Williams, Gary M. Feinman and Luis Muro Ynoñán
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English, with abstracts in Spanish
ISBN:
9781407360430
Paperback:
160 pages
Sub-series name:
Fieldiana: Anthropology, 47
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30861/9781407360430
BAR number:
S3104
Sub Title:
Beliefs, Practice, and Material Expression
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on the BAR Digital platform... More
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Down by the Water
Interdisciplinary Studies in Human-Environment Interactions in Watery Spaces
£59.00
Editors:
Veronica Walker Vadillo, Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz and Elisabeth Holmqvist
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407360218
Paperback:
208 pages. Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour
Sub-series name:
Cultural Studies in Maritime and Underwater Archaeology, 4
BAR number:
S3108
Sub Title:
Interdisciplinary Studies in Human-Environment Interactions in Watery Spaces
Waterways have been key factors in the development of societies from prehistoric times, particularly due to their role as vectors for cultural interactions,... More
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Cultural Identity, Transition, and Interaction at Salango, Coastal Ecuador
A Study of Pottery from the Early Regional Development Funerary Precinct
£48.00
Author:
Richard Lunniss
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English, with chapter summaries in Spanish
ISBN:
9781407359977
Paperback:
148 pages. Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour
BAR number:
S3109
Sub Title:
A Study of Pottery from the Early Regional Development Funerary Precinct
The Early Regional Development (100 BC-AD 300) funerary precinct at Salango, on the central coast of Ecuador, was situated at the point of convergence of... More
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Representaciones sociales, registro arqueológico y patrimonialización del pasado indígena
El área de Ventania de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina) como caso de estudio
£57.00
Author:
Camila Oliva
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407360560
Paperback:
226 pages
BAR number:
S3114
Sub Title:
El área de Ventania de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina) como caso de estudio
En este libro se presentan los resultados del análisis de las representaciones sociales y la patrimonialización del registro arqueológico del pasado... More
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Xoclán
Reconstrucción Urbana de una Ciudad Maya en un Contexto Urbanizado
£39.00
Author:
Gaia Carosi
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
Spanish with abstracts in English
ISBN:
9781407360270
Paperback:
134 pages, Illustrated with 19 black & white images and 17 colour images
Sub-series name:
Archaeology of the Maya, 10
BAR number:
S3115
Sub Title:
Reconstrucción Urbana de una Ciudad Maya en un Contexto Urbanizado
Habitada desde el Preclásico Medio, Xoclán se desarrolló como centro urbano a partir del Clásico Temprano. El actual parque arqueológico cuenta 52 hectáreas... More
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£33.00
Author:
Richard Lunniss
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English, with chapter summaries in Spanish
ISBN:
9781407359953
Paperback:
108 pages
BAR number:
S3117
Sub Title:
A Reconstruction and Interpretation
The Late Formative site of Salango, on the central coast of Ecuador, functioned as a sacred centre of increasing influence from 600 BC to 100 BC. This... More
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