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“carol j mackey”

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  • Ancient Burial Patterns of the Moche Valley, Peru

    by Christopher B. Donnan, Carol J. Mackey ...
    Archaeologists working in the Moche Valley of Peru have uncovered a number of tombs representing various cultures that flourished there prior to European contact. This book provides a full description of 103 such burials, spanning a period of more than 3,500 years. Each burial is documented with an accurate illustration of every artifact found, as well as details on the location, matrix, and ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Lords of Lambityeco

    Political Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca during the Xoo Phase

    by Michael Lind, Javier Urcid ...
    Series series Mesoamerican Worlds
    The Valley of Oaxaca was unified under the rule of Monte Albán until its collapse around AD 800. Using findings from John Paddock’s long-term excavations at Lambityeco from 1961 to 1976, Michael Lind and Javier Urcid examine the political and social organization of the ancient community during the Xoo Phase (Late Classic period).Focusing on change within this single archaeological period rather ... Read more

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  • Megafauna

    Giant Beasts of Pleistocene South America

    by Richard A. Fariña, Sergio F. Vizcaíno, Gerry De Iuliis ...
    Series series Life of the Past
    "An enjoyable read that provides a substantial amount of detail on the biology, ecology, and distribution of these fantastic animals . . . Highly recommended." — ChoiceMore than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Enigma of Cranial Deformation: Elongated Skulls of the Ancients

    Elongated Skulls of the Ancients

    by David Hatcher Childress ...
    By Childress and Brien Foerster Popular Lost Cities author Childress tackles the enigma of worldwide cranial deformation along with Canadian-Peruvian anthropologist Foerster. In a book filled with over a hundred astonishing photos and a color photo section, Childress and Foerster take us to Peru, Bolivia, Egypt, Malta, China, Mexico and other places in search of strange elongated skulls and other ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Trees of Panama and Costa Rica

    by Richard Condit, Rolando Pérez, Nefertaris Daguerre ...
    Series series Princeton Field Guides
    This is the first field guide dedicated to the diverse tree species of Panama and Costa Rica. Featuring close to 500 tropical tree species, Trees of Panama and Costa Rica includes superb color photos, abundant color distribution maps, and concise descriptions of key characteristics, making this guide readily accessible to botanists, biologists, and casual nature lovers alike.The invaluable ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Sabertooth

    by Mauricio Antón ...
    Series series Life of the Past
    "A unique review of the many unusual and nearly worldwide occurrences of sabertooths and their relatives over more than 50 million years." — ChoiceWith their spectacularly enlarged canines, sabertooth cats are among the most popular of prehistoric animals, yet it is surprising how little information about them is available for the curious layperson. What's more, there were other sabertooths that ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dinosaur Footprints & Trackways of La Rioja

    by Félix Pérez-Lorente ...
    Series series Life of the Past
    A guide to this fossil-rich area of Spain: "Likely to become a landmark reference in dinosaur ichnology." —James O. FarlowDuring the Early Cretaceous, lakes, meandering streams, and flood plains covered the region where the current foothills of Rioja now exist. Today the area is known for its wine and for the dozens of sites where footprints and trackways of dinosaurs, amphibians, and even ... Read more

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  • Horned Armadillos and Rafting Monkeys

    The Fascinating Fossil Mammals of South America

    by Darin A. Croft ...
    Series series Life of the Past
    A thrilling guide to the Cenozoic mammals of South America, featuring seventy-five life reconstructions of extinct species, plus photos of specimens and sites.South America is home to some of the most distinctive mammals on Earth—giant armadillos, tiny anteaters, the world's largest rodent, and its smallest deer. But the continent once supported a variety of other equally intriguing mammals that ... Read more

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  • Physical Geology and Geological History of South America

    by Edward Revollo ...
    This work intent to give an introduction to the basic principles and concepts of geology for all those are interested in the understanding and learn about all the processes and phenomena that formed and shaped the Earth, since its formation, around 4,800 million years before present (BP). Early geologists, makes its task of studying and interpreting these processes, contributed to display the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Neanderthal's Necklace

    In Search of the First Thinkers

    by Juan Luis Arsuaga ...
    Translated by Andy Klatt ...
    Neanderthals are at the center of this compelling narrative by Europe's leading anthropologist, not because they were our ancestors but because they were not. Members of a parallel humanity that evolved in Europe for hundreds of thousands of years, they were in direct competition with Cro-Magnons -- modern humans. The way Neanderthals lived and the reasons why they disappeared 50,000 years ago ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Prehistory of South America

    Ancient Cultural Diversity on the Least Known Continent

    by Jerry D. Moore ...
    A Prehistory of South America is an overview of the ancient and historic native cultures of the entire continent of South America based on the most recent archaeological investigations. This accessible, clearly written text is designed to engage undergraduate and beginning graduate students in anthropology.For more than 12,000 years, South American cultures ranged from mobile hunters and gatherers ... Read more

    $25.89 USD

  • Yutopian

    Archaeology, Ambiguity, and the Production of Knowledge in Northwest Argentina

    by Joan M. Gero ...
    Series series The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere
    Around 400 BCE, inhabitants of the Southern Andes took up a sedentary lifestyle that included the practice of agriculture. Settlements were generally solitary or clustered structures with walled agricultural fields and animal corrals, and the first small villages appeared in some regions. Surprisingly, people were also producing and circulating exotic goods: polychrome ceramics, copper and gold ... Read more

    $26.59 USD