Prehistoric Coastal Adaptations. The Economy and Ecology of Maritime Middle America

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
List of Figures, Pages xiii-xv
List of Contributors, Pages xvii-xviii
Preface, Pages xix-xx
Introduction to Introduction, Pages 1-3
chapter 1 - Previous Research on Nearshore Coastal Adaptations in Middle America, Pages 5-21, BARBARA VOORHIES
Introduction to Procurement Patterns, Pages 23-27
chapter 2 - Use of Dogs for Food: An Adaptation to the Coastal Environment, Pages 29-41, ELIZABETH S. WING
chapter 3 - Early Subsistence Patterns along the Pacific Coast of Central Panama, Pages 43-59, ANTHONY J. RANERE, PAT HANSELL
chapter 4 - The Prehistoric and Modern Subsistence Patterns of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua: A Comparison, Pages 61-80, RICHARD WERNER MAGNUS
chapter 5 - The Process of Transformation at Pajón: A Preclassic Society Located in an Estuary in Chiapas, Mexico, Pages 81-95, PAILLÉS H. MARICRUZ
Introduction to Settlement Patterns, Pages 97-100
chapter 6 - Coastal Settlement in Northwestern Costa Rica, Pages 101-119, FREDERICK W. LANGE
chapter 7 - Coastal Adaptations as Contact Phenomena among the Miskito and Cuna Indians of Lower Central America, Pages 121-149, MARY W. HELMS
chapter 8 - Changing Patterns of Resource Exploitation, Settlement Distribution, and Demography on the Southern Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico, Pages 151-177, JUDITH FRANCIS ZEITLIN
Introduction to Exchange Patterns, Pages 179-181
chapter 9 - Long-Distance Exchange and the Growth of a Regional Center: An Example from the Southern Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico, Pages 183-210, ROBERT N. ZEITLIN
chapter 10 - An Ethnohistoric Model for Native Economy and Settlement Patterns in Southern Veracruz, Mexico, Pages 211-238, BARBARA L. STARK
chapter 11 - Maritime Adaptation and the Rise of Maya Civilization: The View from Cerros, Belize, Pages 239-265, DAVID A. FREIDEL
chapter 12 - Commentary, Pages 269-274, WILLIAM T. SANDERS
chapter 13 - Future Research Directions, Pages 275-304, BARBARA L. STARK, BARBARA VOORHIES
Index, Pages 305-313
STUDIES IN ARCHEOLOGY, Pages 314-315