04415nam 2200757 a 450 991045922280332120200520144314.00-8173-8252-6(CKB)2670000000030174(EBL)547639(OCoLC)650060127(SSID)ssj0000457254(PQKBManifestationID)11308504(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000457254(PQKBWorkID)10415220(PQKB)10009473(MiAaPQ)EBC547639(OCoLC)712992697(MdBmJHUP)muse8945(Au-PeEL)EBL547639(CaPaEBR)ebr10408268(EXLCZ)99267000000003017420090626d2010 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrTibes[electronic resource] people, power, and ritual at the center of the cosmos /edited by L. Antonio Curet and Lisa M. StringerTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20101 online resource (349 p.)Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistoryDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1686-8 0-8173-5579-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-322) and index.Introduction / L. Antonio Curet and Lisa M. Stringer -- Tibes : history and first archaeological work / Pedro Alvarado Zayas and L. Antonio Curet -- The archaeological project of the Ceremonial Center of Tibes / L. Antonio Curet -- Geophysical prospection at the ceremonial site of Tibes, 1998-2001 / Daniel Welch -- Paleoethnobotanical research at Tibes / Lee A. Newsom -- Animal use at the Tibes Ceremonial Center / Susan D. deFrance ... [et al.] -- Lithics from the Tibes ceremonial site : analysis of the stone artifacts from the 1996-1999 field seasons / Jeffery B. Walker -- Boulder lithology survey at the Tibes ceremonial site / Scott Rice-Snow ... [et al.] -- Ancient bones tell stories : osteobiography of human remains from Tibes / Edwin F. Crespo-Torres -- Bone chemistry and paleodiet at the Ceremonial Center of Tibes / William J. Pestle -- Tibes and the social landscape : integration, interaction, and the community / Joshua M. Torres -- Plazas, bateys, and ceremonial centers : the social and cultural context of Tibes in the ancient history of Puerto Rico / L. Antonio Curet and Joshua M. Torres.The first comprehensive analysis of a strategically located ceremonial center on the island of Puerto Rico. The prehistoric civic-ceremonial center of Tibes is located on the southern coast of Puerto Rico, just north of the modern coastal city of Ponce. Protected on two sides by a river, and on the other two sides by hills, this approximately 10.5-acre site remains as fertile and productive today as when first occupied over 2,000 years ago. Such a rich region would have been a choice location for native peoples because of the diversity in all resources, from land, air, andCaribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.Indians of the West IndiesPuerto RicoTibes (Ponce)AntiquitiesExcavations (Archaeology)Puerto RicoTibes (Ponce)Indians of the West IndiesPuerto RicoTibes (Ponce)Rites and ceremoniesSacred spacePuerto RicoTibes (Ponce)HistoryLandscapesSocial aspectsPuerto RicoTibes (Ponce)HistoryPower (Social sciences)Puerto RicoTibes (Ponce)HistorySocial classesPuerto RicoTibes (Ponce)HistoryTibes (Ponce, P.R.)AntiquitiesTibes (Ponce, P.R.)Social life and customsElectronic books.Indians of the West IndiesAntiquities.Excavations (Archaeology)Indians of the West IndiesRites and ceremonies.Sacred spaceHistory.LandscapesSocial aspectsHistory.Power (Social sciences)History.Social classesHistory.972.95/7Curet L. Antonio1960-1035802Stringer Lisa M.1966-1052556MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459222803321Tibes2483931UNINA