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| Archaeological survey in the high llanos and Andean piedmont of Barinas, Venezuela. [1] ; Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 86 |
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| Title: | Archaeological survey in the high llanos and Andean piedmont of Barinas, Venezuela. [1] ; Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 86 |
| Other Titles: | Archaeological survey, Barinas |
| Authors: | Redmond, Elsa M. Spencer, Charles S. (Charles Sidney) |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Publisher: | [New York] : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 86 |
| Abstract: | "This is the first of a series of monographs about an archaeological project that the authors carried out in the high llanos and Andean piedmont of the Distrito Pedraza, Barinas, Venezuela. We were interested in documenting the evolution of prehistoric chiefdoms in the western Venezuelan llanos and in assessing the possibility that intersocietal interaction such as exchange and warfare played a role in chiefdom development here. We benefited from reading the early historic accounts of the European explorers and missionaries who encountered chiefdoms in the western Venezuelan llanos in the sixteenth century. Also, we wanted to build on the findings of a few archaeologists who had conducted archaeological investigations in the western Venezuelan llanos to answer questions of chronology, settlement, and subsistence. Our research design called for monitoring prehistoric cultural developments in a study region centered on the Canagua River valley, extending across the high llanos and up in... |
| Description: | 343 p. : ill., maps (1 col.) ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-343). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5871 |
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