Archaeological Investigations in Guadalupe, Northeast Honduras: Interaction Networks during the Late Pre-hispanic Period (AD 900–1525)
https://doi.org/10.34780/qof1-zo68
Synopsis
This volume will be published in print at the end of 2022. This book is available as two separate parts. The first part is the text and the second part contains the digital supplements.
- The text part will be available as PDF in 2024.
Northeast Honduras is located at the intersection of three major culture areas: Mesoamerica, Southern Central America, and the Caribbean. Although northeast Honduras plays a key role in understanding the interaction of the inhabitants of these culture areas, little archaeological research has been conducted there.
Traditionally, the region has been perceived as an intermediate area and has been primarily defined in terms of its affiliation with the neighboring regions. Based on research conducted in the coastal settlement of Guadalupe (AD 900–1525), and by using network theory, this publication places northeast Honduras in a new light and provides an alternative perspective to the traditional concepts of culture areas, complexity, and interaction. It focuses on local and regional processes and the reevaluation of interregional relations and includes, for the first time, a detailed examination on of relationships with the Caribbean. These observations are based on scientific chemical and stylistic analyses of a wide variety of finds and features from Guadalupe and its surroundings, including a new classification scheme for pottery.
Chapters
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Preface
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Acknowledgements
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1 Introduction
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2 Culture Areas and Cultural History in Middle America: Current State of Research
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3 Networks in Middle America: The Conceptual Framework
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4 New Investigations on the North Coast
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5 Discussion
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6 Summary and Conclusion
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Resumen en español
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Appendix A: Ocarina Acoustic Analysis (P. Bayer)
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Appendix B: Petrography of Green Stone Artifacts from Honduras (D. Oestreich, U. Glasmacher)
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Appendix C: List of Museum Collections with Objects from Northeast Honduras
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