Underwater and Coastal Archaeology in Latin America, livre ebook

North American Society for Oceanic History John R. Lyman Book Award for Maritime and Nautical Archaeology

Diverse case studies that explore the relationship between humans and water environments

This volume features a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to underwater and coastal archaeology in Latin America. Showcasing the efforts of 82 researchers working across the region, the case studies in this book point to a long tradition of practices and beliefs related to the exploitation and management of aquatic environments, displaying a wide chronological vision that recognizes the vast and rich precolonial heritage of these waters.

Chapters on the pre-Hispanic period include an analysis of evidence about the exploitation of maritime resources, ritual practices related to water, ancestral navigation, and inundated cultural landscapes, addressing examples from Mesoamerica, the Central American isthmus, and the Andes. Historical case studies are also explored, including shipwrecks, harbors, and maritime coastal landscapes in the Caribbean, on the Atlantic coast, and in Patagonia. The countries represented comprise Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.

The material landscapes of oceans, lakes, and rivers discussed in this volume contribute to a better understanding of the dynamic relationships between humans and their environments over time. By integrating the study of behaviors associated with waterscapes into the interpretations of past and current cultures, this volume introduces new ways of seeing Latin America.

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Foreword
Marc-Andre Bernier

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Overview of Archaeological Evidence on the Use of Inland and Maritime Waters in Latin America
Christophe Delaere and Dolores Elkin

Part 1. The Pre-Hispanic Period

Chapter 2. Archaeological Evidence in the Caves and Cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Helena Barba-Meinecke, Diana E. Arano Recio, and Abiud Piza Chavez

Chapter 3. Contexts and Meanings of Pre-Hispanic Underwater Offerings Discovered in the Volcanic Lakes of Nevado de Toluca, Mexico
Iris del Rocio Hernandez Bautista and Roberto Junco Sanchez

Chapter 4. Dugout Canoes and Waterways: Ethnographic and Archaeological Evidence from Belize and the Maya Territory
Alexandra Biar

Chapter 5. Human Resilience in Fluvial Environments in Pre-Hispanic Central Nicaragua
Irene Torreggiani, William J. Harvey, and Alexander Geurds

Chapter 6. Pre-Columbian Lifeways at Three Estuarine and Two Platform Island Sites in Pacific Panama
Ilean Isaza-Aizpurua, Maximo Jimenez-Acosta, Nicole E. Smith-Guzman, Ashley Sharpe, Juan G. Martin, and Richard G. Cooke

Chapter 7. Pre-Hispanic Subsistence Strategies on the Central and Southern Coast of Ecuador: Ligüiqui and Puná Island
Juan Andres Jijon Porras, Carlos Gonzalo Pacheco Navarro, and Marcos Octavio Labrada Ochoa

Chapter 8. Moche Paraphernalia and Rituality in the Islands of Peru: Archaeological Objects from Guano Exploitation in the Nineteenth Century
Vicente Cortez Billet and Jose Hudtwalcker Moran

Chapter 9. A Spondylus Workshop within a Ritual Building at Pachacamac on the Central Coast of Peru (ca. AD 1470–1533)
Peter Eeckhout, Carmela Alarcon Ledesma, and Milton Lujan Davila

Chapter 10. Change and Continuity in the Diet of El Huarco–Cerro Azul, Peru, during the Inca Arrival (AD 1470–1532)
Bryan Nunez Aparcana, Mary Avila Peltroche, and Nina Mireya Castillo Sanchez

Chapter 11. Inland Water Archaeology in Andean Lakes
Christophe Delaere, Johan Reinhard, Marcial Medina Huanca, and Eduardo Pareja Sinanis

Chapter 12. Unraveling Animal Sacrifice and Taphonomy: Analysis of Faunal Remains from the Underwater Khoa Reef Sanctuary in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
Jose M. Capriles, Christophe Delaere, and Velia V. Mendoza Espana

Chapter 13. Three-Beam Models from the Coast of the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile
Benjamin Ballester, Serge Lemaitre, Marcela Sepulveda, and Caroline Tilleux

Chapter 14. Balsa Wood Rafts and Chinchorro Fishing: A Maritime Ethnoarchaeology Approach to the Study of Miniature Rafts from Arica, Chile (AD 1000–1400)
Felipe Rubio Munita, Nicolas Lira San Martin, and Victoria Castro Rojas

Chapter 15. Maritime Resources in Ceremonial Contexts of the Atacama Desert during the Formative Period (1500 BC–AD 400): The Case of Concholepas concholepas
Claudia Castillo, Catalina Soto Rodriguez, Barbara Olguin, and Gabriela Covarrubias Ale

Part 2. The Historical Period

Chapter 16. Archaeological Research of the El Ángel and 40 Cañones Sites in Banco Chinchorro, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Laura Carrillo Marquez, Nicolas C. Ciarlo, Andres Zuccolotto Villalobos, and Josue Guzman Torres

Chapter 17. First Approaches to the Treasure of Alacranes Reef: A Multidisciplinary Study of the Ancla Macuca Shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico
Helena Barba-Meinecke, Roberto Junco Sanchez, Javier Reyes Trujeque, Letizia Arbeteta Mira, Abiud Piza Chavez, Isabel Silva Leon, Yolanda Espinoza Morales, Salvador Dominguez-Bella, Diana E. Arano Recio, Josefa Marti Solano, Marcelo Gabaldon Rodenas, Josue Guzman Torres, and Dalila Aldana Aranda

Chapter 18. The Dutch Presence in Cuban Waters: Underwater Archaeology on the Northwestern Coast of Havana and in Artemisa Province
Maickel Caceres Suarez, Martijn Manders, Leon Derksen, and Robert de Hoop

Chapter 19. The Shipwreck of the French Fleet in Las Aves de Sotavento, Venezuela: A Seventeenth-Century Maritime Disaster
Jose Miguel Perez-Gomez

Chapter 20. The Shipwreck of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe: Reconstruction of the Hull and Cargo of an Eighteenth-Century Spanish Ship That Sank in the Bay of Samaná
Carlos Leon Amores and Cruz Apestegui Cardenal

Chapter 21. Defensive Maritime Space in the Bay of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) in the Eighteenth Century
Carlos Del Cairo Hurtado, Carla Riera Andreu, Jesus Alberto Aldana Mendoza, and Laura Victoria Baez Santos

Chapter 22. Archaeological Research in the Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo, Brazil
Flavio Rizzi Calippo, Gilson Rambelli, and Paulo Fernando Bava de Camargo

Chapter 23. Revisiting the Archaeology of the Harbor of Cananéia in São Paulo in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Paulo Fernando Bava de Camargo

Chapter 24. Underwater and Maritime Archaeology at the Bay of Maldonado in Uruguay
Rodrigo Torres, Eduardo Keldjian, and Matias Dourteau

Chapter 25. Coastal Urban Archaeology at the Waterfront of the Buenos Aires Estuary
Marcelo Weissel

Chapter 26. Materials Recovered from the Zen City Shipwreck in the Port of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Monica Patricia Valentini

Chapter 27. Maritime Archaeology in Northern Patagonia: Historical Shipwrecks Located between Bahía San Blas and Carmen de Patagones, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nicolas C. Ciarlo, Amaru Argueso, Ana Castelli, Luis V. J. Coll, and Rodrigo Torres

Chapter 28. Smoke on the Water: The Technology of the Steamer Presidente Roca and Its Implications for Navigation in Argentinian Patagonia
Guillermo Gutierrez and Julieta Frere

Chapter 29. The Archaeology of Scattered Ship Remains on the Atlantic Coast of Patagonia: The Case of Bahía Troika
Cristian Murray and Monica Grosso

List of Contributors

Index