Explanations of the origins of institutionalized social inequality and political privilege must
resolve the central paradox of political life-why people cooperate with their own …

In 1969, Ford offered a comprehensive model for the diffusion of ceramic production and
Formative lifeways in the New World. Although criticized as simplistic, it was echoed by other …

Early research in Amazonia suggested the possibility that prehistoric complex societies had
developed in several regions, despite assumptions that humid tropical conditions would …

Abstract The Central American land bridge has served as a passageway for animals and
humans moving between North and South America. Nevertheless, after the first waves of …

Multidisciplinary research conducted in the tropical rainforest of NW Costa Rica uncovered
evidence of human occupation from Paleoindian and Archaic times through four sedentary …

The Santa Isabel Project (Nicaragua) is investigating domestic remains from a supposed
Postclassic/Ometepe-period regional center on the shore of Lake Nicaragua. However, a …

GIVEN Tiffi THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF HUMAN OCCUPATION IN MIDDLE AMERICA and
Mexico, the number of times that pre-Columbian societies were affected by volcanism must …

This dissertation evaluates the relative importance of craft production and ceremonial
activities to the development of village communities and political hierarchy in the highland …

This study examines sociopolitical change in Rivas, Pacific Nicaragua from 1000 BC to 1522
AD. Archaeological evidence for the ethnohistorically-reported immigration of …

Al intentar definir los componentes básicos o primarios que caracterizan al Formativo en el
oeste y el noroeste de Sudamérica, los arqueólogos se han encontrado con un creciente …