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El cacicazgo prehispánico de Guabas, en el Valle del Cauca (700 - 1300 D.C.)
En el actual territorio que ocupan los departamentos de Antioquia, Caldas, Risaralda, Quindío y Valle del Cauca, el corpus cultural prehispánico denominado Quimbaya Tardío (500-1550 d.C.), con sus diferentes variantes regionales, fue compartido por una gran cantidad de grupos étnicos organizados políticamente en cacicazgos. Entre ellos, el cacicazgo de Guabas, ubicado en el sector meridional, tuvo una gran importancia, no sólo por la especialización en la utilización de un medio ambiente lacustre, característico del centro y sur del valle geográfico del río Cauca, sino porque representaba la frontera sur de la Cultura en cuestión. Este hecho era de gran importancia para desarroll...
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Stuides, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of more than 130 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year between social sciences and humanities. The Handbook annotates works on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and the Guianas, Spanish South America, and Brazil, as well as materials covering Latin America as a whole. Most of the subsections are preceded by introductory essays that serve as biannual evaluations of the literature and...
Handbook of South American Archaeology
Perhaps the contributions of South American archaeology to the larger field of world archaeology have been inadequately recognized. If so, this is probably because there have been relatively few archaeologists working in South America outside of Peru and recent advances in knowledge in other parts of the continent are only beginning to enter larger archaeological discourse. Many ideas of and about South American archaeology held by scholars from outside the area are going to change irrevocably with the appearance of the present volume. Not only does the Handbook of South American Archaeology (HSAA) provide immense and broad information about ancient South America, the volume also showcases t...
Design for Eternity
From the first millennium B.C. until the arrival of Europeans in the sixteenth century, artists from across the ancient Americas created small-scale architectural effigies to be placed in the tombs of important individuals. These works range from highly abstracted, minimalist representations of temples and houses to elaborate complexes populated with figures, conveying a rich sense of ancient ritual and daily life. Although often called models, these effigies were not created as prototypes for structures, but rather to serve as components of funerary practices that conveyed beliefs about an afterlife. Design for Eternity is the first publication in English to explore the full variety of these exquisite architectural works. The vivid illustrations and insightful essays focus on the concepts embodied in architectural representations and the role these intriguing sculptures played in mediating relationships among the living, the dead, and the divine.
Bamboo for Sustainable Development
Bamboo is a plant that occurs over much of the World. It is probable that billions of the World’s population see, eat and touch bamboo every day. Bamboo contributes significantly to the income generation of many poor farmers. Yet it is an “orphan” crop – largely ignored by the main landholding agencies – forestry and agriculture. This volume contains most of the papers presented at the joint Fifthth International Bamboo Congress and Sixth International Bamboo Workshop held in San José, Costa Rica, 1998, organized by the International Bamboo Association (IBA) and INBAR. The book is divided into four parts: Bamboo Resources and Socio-economics; Bamboo Propagation and Management; Bam...
Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Bamboos
This book entitled "Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Bamboos" provides a comprehensive overview on the economically and ecologically important non-timber plant group bamboo. The book focuses on the most recent advances in bamboo research in diverse fields including botany, genetic resources, traditional and molecular breeding, disease and pest resistance, tissue culture and genetic transformation and genomics perspective. The different chapters are authored by internationally reputed experts on this plant and is a good source of information for students, scientists, farmers, and bamboo resource management advisers on this plant, which is gaining increase importance on international commerce.
Geofísica y arqueología en el Valle del Cauca a principios del siglo XXI
Presenta los resultados de cuatro proyectos realizados entre 1995 y 2010. Trata de los estudios pioneros en Colombia sobre la aplicación de métodos geoeléctricos y radioactivos en investigaciones arqueológicas. El primer capítulo expone los resultados de un proyecto realizado en la vereda Campoalegre (Ginebra), en 2006, donde se identifican dos pequeños poblados de la cultura prehispánica Quimbaya Tardío 1 (500-1300 d.C.), conformados por unas veinte terrazas antiguas, con dimensiones entre 41-334 m2, ubicadas a 1970-2060 m. s. n. m. El segundo capítulo presenta el trabajo llevado a cabo en la mina La Calera (corregimiento Mulaló, Yumbo), en 2008, con el objetivo de establecer la p...
