Archeology And Volcanism In Central America
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Archeology And Volcanism In Central America
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Author : Payson D. Sheets
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2014-07-03
Archeology And Volcanism In Central America written by Payson D. Sheets and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-03 with Social Science categories.
Scientists have long speculated on the impact of extreme natural catastrophes on human societies. Archeology and Volcanism in Central America provides dramatic evidence of the effects of several volcanic disasters on a major civilization of the Western Hemisphere, that of the Maya. During the past 2,000 years, four volcanic eruptions have taken place in the Zapotitán Valley of southern El Salvador. One, the devastating eruption of Ilopango around A.D. 300, forced a major migration, pushing the Mayan people north to the Yucatán Peninsula. Although later eruptions did not have long-range implications for cultural change, one of the subsequent eruptions preserved the Cerén site—a Mesoamerican Pompeii where the bodies of the villagers, the palm-thatched roofs of their houses, the pots of food in their pantries, even the corn plants in their fields were preserved with remarkable fidelity. Throughout 1978, a multidisciplinary team of anthropologists, archeologists, geologists, biologists, and others sponsored by the University of Colorado's Protoclassic Project researched and excavated the results of volcanism in the Zapotitan Valley—a key Mesoamerican site that contemporary political strife has since rendered inaccessible. The result is an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the impact of volcanic eruptions on early Mayan civilization. These investigations clearly demonstrate that the Maya inhabited this volcanically hazardous valley in order to reap the short-term benefits that the volcanic ash produced—fertile soil, fine clays, and obsidian deposits.
Before The Volcano Erupted
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Author : Payson D. Sheets
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2013-11-06
Before The Volcano Erupted written by Payson D. Sheets and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-06 with Social Science categories.
On an August evening around AD 600, residents of the Cerén village in the Zapotitán Valley of what is now El Salvador were sitting down to their nightly meal when ground tremors and loud steam emissions warned of an impending volcanic eruption. The villagers fled, leaving their town to be buried under five meters of volcanic ash and forgotten until a bulldozer uncovered evidence of the extraordinarily preserved town in 1976. The most intact Precolumbian village in Latin America, Cerén has been called the "Pompeii of the New World." This book presents complete and detailed reports of the excavations carried out at Cerén since 1978 by a multidisciplinary team of archaeologists, ethnographers, volcanologists, geophysicists, botanists, conservators, and others. The book is divided into sections that discuss the physical environment and resources, household structures and economy, special buildings and their uses, artifact analysis, and topical and theoretical issues. As the authors present and analyze Cerén's houses and their goods, workshops, civic and religious buildings, kitchen gardens, planted fields, and garbage dumps, a new and much clearer picture of how commoners lived during the Maya Classic Period emerges. These findings constitute landmark contributions to the anthropology and archaeology of Central America.
The Ceren Site
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Author : Payson D. Sheets
language : en
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Release Date : 2006
The Ceren Site written by Payson D. Sheets and has been published by Cengage Learning this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Discovered in 1976 by Sheets, and under continuous excavation and study since, the spectacular Ceren site provides us with an unusually clear window into the ancient past with which to view family activities on the frontier of the Mayan civilization. Since volcanic ash did not allow people to selectively remove artifacts, the site is well-preserved and it also largely stopped natural processes of decomposition offering this rare opportunity to study the Mayan past through household archaeology. Known as the New World Pompeii, this study provides a detailed portrait of the life, houses, artifacts, and activity areas of the people who supported the elites with labor, food and goods. As Sheets says, "With any civilization that's being studied, if the households of commoners aren't being investigated, you've eliminated the bulk of the population. How can you understand the society if you ignore most of the people? It's like an ethnography. Only we can't interview people, so their possessions have to speak for them." Art and images from the author's own collection help illuminate the discussions and bring them to life, while the author's discussion of his personal trials and triumphs add a more human dimension to working in the field.
Archaeology Volcanism And Remote Sensing In The Arenal Region Costa Rica
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Author : Payson D. Sheets
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 1994
Archaeology Volcanism And Remote Sensing In The Arenal Region Costa Rica written by Payson D. Sheets and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Social Science categories.
"This book contains 17 chapters by 13 authors; 10 are single-authored and the others by various combinations of multiple authors. The work is meticulous ranging from regional to site descriptions, and covering remote sensing applications, chipped stone, ground stone, jewelry, phytoliths, pollen, and macrobotanicals. An excellent account of the archaeology in this region beginning with Paleoindian occupations. Provides a complementary data set to those collected under similar circumstances in El Salvador and Panama"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
The Ceren Site
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Author : Payson D. Sheets
language : en
Publisher: Harcourt College Pub
Release Date : 1992-07-01
The Ceren Site written by Payson D. Sheets and has been published by Harcourt College Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-07-01 with Social Science categories.
The Archaeology Of Lower Central America
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Author : Frederick W. Lange
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
The Archaeology Of Lower Central America written by Frederick W. Lange and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with History categories.
Living Under The Shadow
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Author : John Grattan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-06-03
Living Under The Shadow written by John Grattan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-03 with Social Science categories.
Popularist treatments of ancient disasters like volcanic eruptions have grossly overstated their capacity for death, destruction, and societal collapse. Contributors to this volume—from anthropology, archaeology, environmental studies, geology, and biology—show that human societies have been incredibly resilient and, in the long run, have often recovered remarkably well from wide scale disruption and significant mortality. They have often used eruptions as a trigger for environmental enrichment, cultural change, and adaptation. These historical studies are relevant to modern hazard management because they provide records for a far wider range of events and responses than have been recorded in written records, yet are often closely datable and trackable using standard archaeological and geological techniques. Contributors also show the importance of traditional knowledge systems in creating a cultural memory of dangerous locations and community responses to disaster. The global and temporal coverage of the research reported is impressive, comprising studies from North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, and ranging in time from the Middle Palaeolithic to the modern day.
Po S Volcano
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Author : Franco Tassi
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-03-16
Po S Volcano written by Franco Tassi and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-16 with Science categories.
This book provides a comprehensive description of the volcanological, petrological and geochemical features of the Poás Volcano (Costa Rica), one of the most active volcanic systems in Central America and part of the Central America Volcanic Arc (CAVA). Poás Volcano hosts a unique sulfur lake, which actually is one of the world's most acidic lakes, and has experienced molten sulfur eruptions. Past investigations, current monitoring activities and planned programs of investigation into lessening of the volcanic hazard are reported here. Specific sections of the monograph will be devoted to the impact of this volcano on the social, agricultural and industrial activities in the area. Legends and popular traditions related to this volcano will be described in the last chapter to round up a complete scientific review on this unique volcanic system.
Volcanic Hazards In Central America
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Author : William Ingersoll Rose
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Volcanic Hazards In Central America written by William Ingersoll Rose and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Geology, Structural categories.
Natural Hazards In El Salvador
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Author : William Ingersoll Rose
language : en
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Release Date : 2004
Natural Hazards In El Salvador written by William Ingersoll Rose and has been published by Geological Society of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Reference categories.