A Seasonal Campsite in the Peruvian Montana
Ethnography and Ecology in Archaeological Interpretation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2565080 |
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| Authors | Thomas P Myers (Indiana University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 540-545 |
| Publication date | 1972-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/278961 |
| OpenAlex | W2325195072 |
| Language | EN |
The rapid decomposition of organic remains under tropical forest conditions forces the archaeologist to rely entirely upon soil characteristics, indestructible artifacts, and refuse deposition patterns for his cultural interpretations. Such evidence is used to identify a unifunctional turtle harvesting encampment on the lower Aguatia River in eastern Peru
Archaeology · Biology · Ethnography · Geography · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Sociology · Turtle (robot) · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · History · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
| Highly cited | No |
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