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Title Before the volcano erupted : the ancient Cerèn village in Central America / edited by Payson Sheets
Edition 1st ed
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 226 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Preface by Payson Sheets -- Chapter 1: Introduction by Payson Sheets, with an Appendix by Brian R. McKee -- PART ONE: Multidisciplinary Research -- Chapter 2: Volcanology, Stratigraphy, and Effects on Structures, by C. Dan Miller -- Chapter 3: Geophysical Exploration at Cerén, by Lawrence B. Conyers and Hartmut Spetzler -- Chapter 4: Cerén Plant Resources: Abundance and Diversity, by David L. Lentz and Carlos R. Ramírez-Sosa -- PART TWO: Household Archaeology
Chapter 5: Ancient Home and Garden: The View from Household 1 at Cerén, by Marilyn Beaudry-Corbett, Scott E. Simmons, and David B. Tucker -- Chapter 6 Household 2 at Cerén: The Remains of an Agrarian and Craft-Oriented Corporate Group, by Brian R. McKee -- Chapter 7: Structure 16: The Kitchen of Household 3, by Inga Calvin -- Chapter 8: Structure 4: A Storehouse-Workshop for Household 4, by Andrea I. Gerstle and Payson Sheets -- PART THREE: Special Buildings -- Chapter 9: The Civic Complex, by Andrea I. Gerstle -- Chapter 10: Structure 9: A Precolumbian Sweat Bath at Cerén, by Brian R. McKee
Chapter 11: Structure 10: Feasting and Village Festivals, by Linda A. Brown and Andrea I. Gerstle -- Chapter 12: Divination at Cerén: The Evidence from Structure 12, by Scott E. Simmons and Payson Sheets -- PART FOUR: Artifacts -- Chapter 13: Ceramics and Their Use at Cerén, by Marilyn Beaudry-Corbett, with contributions by Ronald L. Bishop -- Chapter 14: The Chipped Stone Artifacts of Cerén, by Payson Sheets -- Chapter 15: Groundstone Artifacts in the Cerén Village, by Payson Sheets -- Chapter 16: Household and Community Animal Use at Cerén, by Linda A. Brown
Chapter 17: Artifacts Made from Plant Materials, by Harriet F. Beaubien and Marilyn Beaudry-Corbett -- PART FIVE: Topics and Issues of Cerén Research -- Chapter 18 The Conservation Program at Cerén, by Harriet F. Beaubien -- Chapter 19: Household Production and Specialization at Cerén, by Payson Sheets and Scott E. Simmons -- Chapter 20: Cultivating Biodiversity: Milpas, Gardens, and the Classic Period Landscape, by -- Chapter 21: Continuity and Change in the Contemporary Community of Joya de Cerén, by Carlos Benjamín Lara M. and Sarah B. Barber
Chapter 22: Summary and Conclusions, by Payson Sheets -- Glossary -- References -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index
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Subject Mayas -- Antiquities.
Urban Mayas -- El Salvador -- Zapotitán Valley
Volcanic ash, tuff, etc. -- El Salvador -- Zapotitán Valley
Social archaeology -- El Salvador -- Zapotitán Valley
Plant remains (Archaeology) -- El Salvador -- Zapotitán Valley
Animal remains (Archaeology) -- El Salvador -- Zapotitán Valley
HISTORY.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Animal remains (Archaeology)
Antiquities
Mayas -- Antiquities
Urban Mayas
Plant remains (Archaeology)
Social archaeology
Volcanic ash, tuff, etc.
Ausgrabung
Maya's.
Opgravingen.
Vulkanische bodems.
SUBJECT Ceren Site (El Salvador) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94002810
Zapotitán Valley (El Salvador) -- Antiquities
Subject El Salvador -- Ceren Site
El Salvador -- Zapotitán Valley
Cerén
Form Electronic book
Author Sheets, Payson D., editor
LC no. 2002003611
ISBN 0292798784
9780292798786