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Flora The Technology

The Aztec Herbal of Maya Civilization
by Luigi Guerrini, Political Economy
Amanda Herrin and Beyond
and Simon Varey in Lithic Studies
The album by Zachary X Hruby,
published here is Geoffrey E Braswell
Cassiano’s copy and Oswaldo Chinchilla
of the Codex Mazariegos
Badianus, a re-
The ancient Maya shaped
markable herbal
their world with stone tools.
of Aztec plants
Lithic artifacts helped create
and medicine
the cityscape, were central
prepared for the
to warfare and hunting,
Viceroy of Mexico
were key to craft activi-
in 1552 and pre-
ties, were used to process food, and were employed in ritual
sented to Cassiano’s patron, Cardinal Francesco
performance. This volume expands our understanding of the
Barberini, during a papal legation to Spain in 1626.
past by considering Maya lithic artifacts made of chert, ob-
The earliest medical text and herbal known to have
sidian, silicified limestone, and jade. Using these as sources
been written in the New World, the Codex Badianus
of data, lithic specialists examine the relationship between
was copied on the Cardinal’s return to Rome for
ancient people and natural resources, and ask questions
Cassiano’s fellow members of the Accademia dei
regarding social organization and political economy. The edi-
Lincei, engaged at that time in completing their own
tors bring together a detailed, comprehensive view of Maya
vast illustrated natural history of Central America, the
stone artifacts that is crafted from new research, progressive
Tesoro Messicano (based on the notes and illustra-
analytical methods, and innovative anthropological theory.
tions collected in Mexico by Francisco Hernández).
288p, 58 illus (Equinox Publishing, April 2010, Approaches to
272p, 160 col illus (Harvey Miller Publishers 2009, The Paper
Anthropological Archaeology) hardback, 9781845535087, $100.00.
Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Series B: Natural History 8)
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Gallinazo Blood and Beauty

An Early Cultural Tradition Organized Violence in the Art
on the Peruvian North Coast and Archaeology of Mesoamerica
edited by Jean-François Millaire and Central America
and Magali Morlion edited by Heather Orr
Over the last decades, consider- and Rex Koontz
able effort has been directed Authors specializing in the
towards the study of early anthropology, archaeology, art history,
complex societies of northern and linguistics of Mesoamerica and
Peru. Yet, comparatively little Central America bring new data and
attention has been paid to the interpretive strategies to bear on the
earlier cultural foundations of nature of institutional violence in
north coast civilization: the Gallinazo. This volume is the result these ancient societies. The volume covers a broad time frame,
of a round table, which discussed the Gallinazo phenomenon. from circa 1200 BCE to the sixteenth century, including recent
In fourteen chapters, authors with different perspectives and ethnography. The volume contextualizes violence and violent
backgrounds reconsider the nature of the Gallinazo culture acts within the matrix of indigenous thought and culture.
and its position within north-coast cultural history, while 398p, col illus (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press 2009,
addressing wider issues about the development of complex Ideas, Debates and Perspectives 4)
societies in this area and within the Andean region in gen- paperback, 9781931745031, $65.00. Special Offer $52.00
eral. The contributions reveal a diversity of perspectives. hardback, 9781931745802, $95.00. Special Offer $76.00
267p (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press 2009, Cotsen Monograph 66)
paperback, 9781931745758, $55.00. Special Offer $44.00
hardback, 9781931745741, $95.00. Special Offer $76.00 Settlement and Subsistence
in Early Formative
Soconusco
Inca Rituals and Sacred Mountains El Varal and the Problem of
A Study of the World’s Highest Archaeological Site Inter-Site Assemblage Variation
by Johan Reinhard and Maria Constanza Ceruti edited by Richard G Lesure
The Incas carried out some of the most dramatic ceremonies This volume sets archaeological
known to us from ancient times. Groups of people walked hun- excavations at a special-
dreds of miles across arid and mountainous terrain to perform purpose estuary site in coastal
them on mountains over 6,096 m (20,000 feet) high. The most Chiapas, Mexico, into the larger
important offerings made during these pilgrimages involved anthropological context of
human sacrifices (capacochas). Although Spanish chroniclers the origins of agriculture and
wrote about these offerings and the state sponsored proces- sedentary life in ancient Mesoamerica. The site of El Varal is
sions of which they were a part, their accounts were based on located in the Soconusco region, a narrow strip of the Pacific
second-hand sources, and the only direct evidence we have coast of Chiapas and neighboring Guatemala that is sharply
of the capacocha sacrifices comes to us from archaeologi- defined inland by the rise of the Sierra Madre escarpment. The
cal excavations. This study describes the results of research diverse biotic zones of the area run in strips parallel to the ocean.
undertaken on Mount Llullaillaco. The types of ruins and ar- This work is important for understandings of Early Formative
tifact assemblages recovered are described and analyzed. social life in the region.
300p (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, Summer 2010, 275p (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, Spring 2010,
Cotsen Monograph 67) Cotsen Monograph 65)
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Maney Publishing, Reichert Verlag
Hunter-Gatherer Foraging
Five Simple Models
by Robert L Bettinger
This is a primer on foraging
models relevant to the study of
hunter-gatherers. It is intended
for students new to the subject
matter, especially those with
little mathematical training, and
similarly challenged ethnogra-
phers, ethnologists, and archae-
ologists who are familiar with the
principles of foraging theory but
have never mastered any of its individual models. There are
more of them than one might think. The diet breadth model
is the backbone of hunter-gatherer foraging research.
“This volume presents exercises designed to convey
foraging models in a hands-on manner. An excel-
lent resource for upper-division undergraduate and
graduate-level classes focused on topics ranging from
analytical methods in anthropology/ archaeology to
hunter-gatherers.” — Gary M Feinman, The Field Museum
124p (Eliot Werner Publications 2009) paperback, 9780979773136,
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Talking Artifacts
The Twentieth-Century
Legacy
by Stanley South
Researchers are becoming
increasingly interested in
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iors and processes rep-
resentative of the recent
past. This book provides
an illustration, analysis,
and pattern recognition
of the artifact legacy of a twentieth century middle-class
American family. Historical archaeologists, historians,
and museum curators and exhibit designers will find this
book and the author’s Household Artifact Pattern useful in
furthering their understanding of the role played by arti-
facts in the cultural processes at work in the past century.
330p (Eliot Werner Publications, Spring 2010) paperback,
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Recent Archaeology of the Early Modern Period
in Québec City
Post-Medieval Archaeology, Volume 43, Part 1 (2009)
edited by William Moss
This volume contains sixteen papers including accounts of exciting
discoveries relating to the port, the great chateau on the crag above
it, the defenses, and the newly discovered remains of the short-lived
colony of the 1540s. The papers underline Quebec’s status as one of
the leading centers of urban research in North America. The volume
provides the only modern overview of archaeological work in the city
in the English language.
256p (Maney Publishing 2009) paperback, 9781906540890, $48.00.
Special Offer $39.00
Journal of
Wetland Archaeology 9 (2009)
Sunken Village, Sauvie Island, Oregon,
USA
edited by Bryony Coles
Volume nine is dedicated to the well-
preserved wet site of Sunken Village,
on the southern end of Sauvie Island,
Portland, Oregon, USA. The site
report looks at physical setting, the
archaeological investigations, floral
and faunal remains, artifacts, and the
ecological, artifactual, and functional context.
218p (Oxbow Books 2009) paperback, 9781842173619, $40.00.
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Iconografía de la Cultura Tolita
Lecturas del discurso ideológico en
las representaciones figurativas del
Desarrollo Regional
by Maria Fernanda Ugalde
The Tolita culture is known for its in-
tricately modeled figurines that often
depict beings with both human and
animal traits. Analyzing these figu-
rines, the author attempts to approach
the imaginative world of their cre-
ators and to draw conclusions about
the social structure of the Tolita culture. Spanish text.
224p, 80 b/w & 65 col illus (Reichert Verlag 2009) hardback,
9783895006968, $135.00. Special Offer $108.00
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