Settlement Patterns and Prehistory of the Paraíso Basin of El Salvador

Bibliographic Data

ID11072400
AuthorsWilliam R Fowler (0000-0002-3044-269X, corresponding author), William R Fowler William R Fowler, Howard H Earnest, Howard H Earnest Howard H Earnest
Year1985
Volume12
Issue1
Pages19-32
Publication date1985-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Field Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0093-4690 • E-ISSN: 2042-4582
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/009346985791169571
OpenAlexW2009527934
LanguageEN
Citations received8

The lowland Paraíso Basin of El Salvador, which was investigated by the Cerrón Grande Archaeological Salvage Project, supported considerable agricultural populations from at least the late Middle Preclassic to the Early Postclassic, with a population decline during the Early Classic. The cultural sequence of the basin differs substantially from that of the nearby SE Maya highlands, especially during the Preclassic, even though large-scale events (e.g., Ilopango eruption, Pipil migrations) had similar impacts in both regions. Differences in ceramic and lithic technology are correlated with environmental variation and probable differences in subsistence strategy between the two regions

Agriculture · Archaeology · Geography · Human settlement · Maya · Population · Prehistory · Settlement (finance · Structural basin · Subsistence agriculture · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean · Geology · Paleontology