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The first of two volumes reporting on ten years of research at an archaeological site unique in preserving a complete settlement from before 10,000 B.C. Members of the team contribute 14 chapters on the history of the expedition, methodologies, the geographical and geological contexts, stratigraphy and chronology, and plant and animal remains. Volume two will cover artifacts and provide analyses. A summary in Spanish is included. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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"Detailed descriptions of fieldwork, environment, stratigraphy, radiocarbon chronology, research design, organic preservation, wood assemblage, cordage, microtopography, modern plant use, archaeobotanical identifications, lithics, faunal remains, and activity patterning provide the most comprehensive evidence yet assembled in support of human occupation in South America contemporary with the earliest North American sites. Data are combined to infer diet, activities, land use, foraging strategy, medicinalknowledge, and other components of daily life"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
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