Donald W Lathrap
Biographic Data
| ID | 82664 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donald W Lathrap |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donald W |
| FAMILY NAME | Lathrap |
| SIGNATURE | LATHRAP D W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 159 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1952 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Essay Review
Antigüedad e importancia de las relaciones de intercambio a larga distancia en los trópicos húmedos de Sudamérica precolombina
En otra parte, el autor ha argumentado que la cultura de los bosques tropicales, como se la define convencionalmente, es más antigua y ancestral de las "culturas formativas" de Mesoamérica y los Andes centrales. Aquí se desarrolla un argumento de que: (1) la amplia gama de materiales vegetales para tareas específicas básicos para la tecnología de los "bosques tropicales" implica relaciones comerciales a larga distancia; (2) la intensificación del…
The San Pablo Corn Kernel and Its Friends
Variation in Anthropology; essays in Honour of John C. McGregor
Summary or Model Building
Ethnology
The antiquity and importance of long-distance trade relationships in the moist tropics of pre-Columbian South America
Elsewhere the author has argued that Tropical Forest Culture, as it is conventionally defined, is both older than, and ancestral to the 'Formative Cultures' of Mesoamerica and the central Andes. Here an argument is developed that: (1) the wide range of task-specific vegetable materials basic to 'Tropical Forest' technology implies long-distance trade relations ; (2) the intensification of manioc processing demonstrable in northern South America b…
The Jívaro
Introduction Orthography I. The Jivaro: Background II. Shelter, Subsistence, and Technology III. Social Relations IV. The Hidden World V. Law, Feuding, and War VI. Cultural Change Epilogue Bibliography Notes Index
The Upper Amazon
The Upper Amazon
Archeology
Aboriginal Occupation and Changes in River Channel on the Central Ucayali, Peru
A study of the relationships between archaeological sites and the previous channels of the Ucayali River in eastern Peru supports the archaeological chronology already established on stratigraphic grounds. These relationships also suggest that the average duration of a meander loop from inception to cut-off is about 500 years. This 500-year cycle offers an explanation for, and a measure of, the temporal lacunae separating the various components o…
Archeology
The Mabaruma Phase
In a recent publication Evans and Meggers have accused me of reinterpreting their work in an erroneous manner on two separate occasions (Evans and Meggers 1964). In one instance (Lathrap 1963a), I suggested that the Machalilla complex of Coastal Ecuador might be a member of the same ceramic tradition which also gave rise to Early Tutishcainyo and Late Tutishcainyo in the central Ucayali Basin in Peru. In the other case (Lathrap 1964), I offered w…
Frameworks for Dating Fossil Man
An Alternative Seriation of the Mabaruma Phase, Northwestern British Guiana
The effect which differing assumptions about ceramic analysis can have on the chronological ordering of ceramic materials is demonstrated with reference to the internal chronology of the Mabaruma phase in northwestern British Guiana. As a by-product of this demonstration, it is suggested that Evans and Meggers may have underestimated the time depth of Tropical Forest culture in this area by a factor of 100
América Indigena. Luis Pericot y García. Segunda Edición
The Archaeology of the Cave of the Owls in the Upper Montana of Peru
Collections from an unusual cave site in the Peruvian Montaña near Tingo María are placed on record along with the circumstances under which they were obtained. The ceramic materials seem to represent two components. The more common of these, designated Cave of the Owls Fine Ware, would appear to have been contemporary with Kotosh II in the Huánuco Basin and with Late Tutishcainyo of the long ceramic sequence established for Yarinacocha near Puca…
Possible Affiliations of the Machalilla Complex of Coastal Ecuador
In their recent description of Machalilla culture Meggers and Evans deny that Machalilla is related to any other known ceramic complexes. It is suggested that Machalilla may be related to Late Tutishcainyo and may have entered coastal Ecuador from the western Amazon basin
Archeology
Archeology
Archeology
Ceremonial Bird Burials in San Francisco Bay Shellmounds
Burials of condors at two central California coastal sites extend the area of this trait, previously known from burials further south and inland. It was probably a ritual practice from Early horizon times (about 2000 B.C.) onward. Possible connections with bird burial in the Southwest deserve study
Momíl
The Cultural Sequence at Yarinacocha, Eastern Peru
During May, June, July, and August of 1956 I was engaged in archaeological field work near the city of Pucallpa on the Ucayali River in eastern Peru. The project was sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History as a part of its long term program of anthropological work in the Peruvian Montana. The Museum grants permission to present this preliminary statement, and it will publish the final report on this work
The antiquity and importance of long-distance trade relationships in the moist tropics of pre-Columbian South America
Elsewhere the author has argued that Tropical Forest Culture, as it is conventionally defined, is both older than, and ancestral to the 'Formative Cultures' of Mesoamerica and the central Andes. Here an argument is developed that: (1) the wide range of task-specific vegetable materials basic to 'Tropical Forest' technology implies long-distance trade relations ; (2) the intensification of manioc processing demonstrable in northern South America b…
Aboriginal Occupation and Changes in River Channel on the Central Ucayali, Peru
A study of the relationships between archaeological sites and the previous channels of the Ucayali River in eastern Peru supports the archaeological chronology already established on stratigraphic grounds. These relationships also suggest that the average duration of a meander loop from inception to cut-off is about 500 years. This 500-year cycle offers an explanation for, and a measure of, the temporal lacunae separating the various components o…
The Cultural Sequence at Yarinacocha, Eastern Peru
During May, June, July, and August of 1956 I was engaged in archaeological field work near the city of Pucallpa on the Ucayali River in eastern Peru. The project was sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History as a part of its long term program of anthropological work in the Peruvian Montana. The Museum grants permission to present this preliminary statement, and it will publish the final report on this work
Summary or Model Building
The Archaeology of the Cave of the Owls in the Upper Montana of Peru
Collections from an unusual cave site in the Peruvian Montaña near Tingo María are placed on record along with the circumstances under which they were obtained. The ceramic materials seem to represent two components. The more common of these, designated Cave of the Owls Fine Ware, would appear to have been contemporary with Kotosh II in the Huánuco Basin and with Late Tutishcainyo of the long ceramic sequence established for Yarinacocha near Puca…
Variation in Anthropology; essays in Honour of John C. McGregor
Archeology
Possible Affiliations of the Machalilla Complex of Coastal Ecuador
In their recent description of Machalilla culture Meggers and Evans deny that Machalilla is related to any other known ceramic complexes. It is suggested that Machalilla may be related to Late Tutishcainyo and may have entered coastal Ecuador from the western Amazon basin
An Alternative Seriation of the Mabaruma Phase, Northwestern British Guiana
The effect which differing assumptions about ceramic analysis can have on the chronological ordering of ceramic materials is demonstrated with reference to the internal chronology of the Mabaruma phase in northwestern British Guiana. As a by-product of this demonstration, it is suggested that Evans and Meggers may have underestimated the time depth of Tropical Forest culture in this area by a factor of 100
An Archaeological Site in the High Sierra of California
Along the eastern side of the Great Valley of California is the Sierra Nevada, a great mountain chain 500 miles long and 75 wide. The Sierra Nevada has a gradual western slope and an abrupt eastern face fronting the arid Great Basin. The long western side, which contains the main timber belt, was heavily populated in its lower elevations in the pre-Caucasian period. In contrast, the High Sierra above 5000 feet was visited only seasonally by abori…
Archeology
América Indigena. Luis Pericot y García. Segunda Edición
Ceremonial Bird Burials in San Francisco Bay Shellmounds
Burials of condors at two central California coastal sites extend the area of this trait, previously known from burials further south and inland. It was probably a ritual practice from Early horizon times (about 2000 B.C.) onward. Possible connections with bird burial in the Southwest deserve study
An Early Implement Assemblage from a Limestone Cavern in California
Ethnology
The Mabaruma Phase
In a recent publication Evans and Meggers have accused me of reinterpreting their work in an erroneous manner on two separate occasions (Evans and Meggers 1964). In one instance (Lathrap 1963a), I suggested that the Machalilla complex of Coastal Ecuador might be a member of the same ceramic tradition which also gave rise to Early Tutishcainyo and Late Tutishcainyo in the central Ucayali Basin in Peru. In the other case (Lathrap 1964), I offered w…
Archeology
An Early Implement Assemblage from a Limestone Cavern in California
An Archaeological Classification of Culture Contact Situations
The authors of this paper met at Harvard University in July, 1955, to discuss the theoretical problems which arise in the study of culture contact situations in archaeology. The subject of contacts between cultures is one in which ethnologists have long been interested, and there is a substantial body of literature, both descriptive and theoretical, on contemporary and recent historic situations of this kind. Archaeological interest in the subjec…
An Archaeological Site in the High Sierra of California
Along the eastern side of the Great Valley of California is the Sierra Nevada, a great mountain chain 500 miles long and 75 wide. The Sierra Nevada has a gradual western slope and an abrupt eastern face fronting the arid Great Basin. The long western side, which contains the main timber belt, was heavily populated in its lower elevations in the pre-Caucasian period. In contrast, the High Sierra above 5000 feet was visited only seasonally by abori…
Momíl
The Cultural Sequence at Yarinacocha, Eastern Peru
During May, June, July, and August of 1956 I was engaged in archaeological field work near the city of Pucallpa on the Ucayali River in eastern Peru. The project was sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History as a part of its long term program of anthropological work in the Peruvian Montana. The Museum grants permission to present this preliminary statement, and it will publish the final report on this work
Ceremonial Bird Burials in San Francisco Bay Shellmounds
Burials of condors at two central California coastal sites extend the area of this trait, previously known from burials further south and inland. It was probably a ritual practice from Early horizon times (about 2000 B.C.) onward. Possible connections with bird burial in the Southwest deserve study
Archeology
Archeology
Archeology
América Indigena. Luis Pericot y García. Segunda Edición
The Archaeology of the Cave of the Owls in the Upper Montana of Peru
Collections from an unusual cave site in the Peruvian Montaña near Tingo María are placed on record along with the circumstances under which they were obtained. The ceramic materials seem to represent two components. The more common of these, designated Cave of the Owls Fine Ware, would appear to have been contemporary with Kotosh II in the Huánuco Basin and with Late Tutishcainyo of the long ceramic sequence established for Yarinacocha near Puca…
Possible Affiliations of the Machalilla Complex of Coastal Ecuador
In their recent description of Machalilla culture Meggers and Evans deny that Machalilla is related to any other known ceramic complexes. It is suggested that Machalilla may be related to Late Tutishcainyo and may have entered coastal Ecuador from the western Amazon basin
An Alternative Seriation of the Mabaruma Phase, Northwestern British Guiana
The effect which differing assumptions about ceramic analysis can have on the chronological ordering of ceramic materials is demonstrated with reference to the internal chronology of the Mabaruma phase in northwestern British Guiana. As a by-product of this demonstration, it is suggested that Evans and Meggers may have underestimated the time depth of Tropical Forest culture in this area by a factor of 100
Frameworks for Dating Fossil Man
The Mabaruma Phase
In a recent publication Evans and Meggers have accused me of reinterpreting their work in an erroneous manner on two separate occasions (Evans and Meggers 1964). In one instance (Lathrap 1963a), I suggested that the Machalilla complex of Coastal Ecuador might be a member of the same ceramic tradition which also gave rise to Early Tutishcainyo and Late Tutishcainyo in the central Ucayali Basin in Peru. In the other case (Lathrap 1964), I offered w…
Archeology
Aboriginal Occupation and Changes in River Channel on the Central Ucayali, Peru
A study of the relationships between archaeological sites and the previous channels of the Ucayali River in eastern Peru supports the archaeological chronology already established on stratigraphic grounds. These relationships also suggest that the average duration of a meander loop from inception to cut-off is about 500 years. This 500-year cycle offers an explanation for, and a measure of, the temporal lacunae separating the various components o…
The Upper Amazon
The Upper Amazon
Archeology
Summary or Model Building
Ethnology
The antiquity and importance of long-distance trade relationships in the moist tropics of pre-Columbian South America
Elsewhere the author has argued that Tropical Forest Culture, as it is conventionally defined, is both older than, and ancestral to the 'Formative Cultures' of Mesoamerica and the central Andes. Here an argument is developed that: (1) the wide range of task-specific vegetable materials basic to 'Tropical Forest' technology implies long-distance trade relations ; (2) the intensification of manioc processing demonstrable in northern South America b…
The Jívaro
Introduction Orthography I. The Jivaro: Background II. Shelter, Subsistence, and Technology III. Social Relations IV. The Hidden World V. Law, Feuding, and War VI. Cultural Change Epilogue Bibliography Notes Index
Variation in Anthropology; essays in Honour of John C. McGregor
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