The Archaeology of Lower Central America

Description

Editors: Lange, Frederick W. and Stone, Doris Z.  (1909-1994)

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press

Pub Date: 1984

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: 2 copies.  Copy 1 (DAN): Book: Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Appears unused.  Dust Jacket: Good.  Appears unused.   Copy 2 (DAN): Book: Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Smudging to bottom text block.  Dust Jacket: Fair: Lower front cover corner has approx. 2″ wrinkle.  Some scuffing to upper front cover.  Spine sun-faded.

Notes: A volume in the School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series.  Conference papers.  Lower Central America = most of El Salvador and Honduras, all of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.  Why did “Lower” Central America languish when large scale civilizations flourished to the north and south?  Partly geography–the Atlantic side is wetter than the Pacific, the major rivers are on the Atlantic side, limited land surface area, quality soils, proximity to raw materials, transportation routes–and partly natural phenomena–earthquakes, volcanism, weather.   Summary chapter by Gordon Willey.