Tibes : people, power, and ritual at the center of the cosmos / / edited by L. Antonio Curet and Lisa M. Stringer

• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 p.)
• Disciplina: 972.95/7
• Soggetto topico: Indians of the West Indies - Puerto Rico - Tibes (Ponce) - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Puerto Rico - Tibes (Ponce); Indians of the West Indies - Puerto Rico - Tibes (Ponce) - Rites and ceremonies; Sacred space - Puerto Rico - Tibes (Ponce) - History; Landscapes - Social aspects - Puerto Rico - Tibes (Ponce) - History; Power (Social sciences) - Puerto Rico - Tibes (Ponce) - History; Social classes - Puerto Rico - Tibes (Ponce) - History
• Soggetto geografico: Tibes (Ponce, P.R.) Antiquities; Tibes (Ponce, P.R.) Social life and customs
• Altri autori: CuretL. Antonio <1960-> StringerLisa M. <1966->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-322) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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, and
• Titolo autorizzato: Tibes
• ISBN: 0-8173-8252-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821323703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.