Archaeology, volcanism, and remote sensing in the Arenal region, Costa Rica

By Payson D. Sheets

Subjects: Antiquities, Archaeology, Indians of Central America, Indians of central america, antiquities, Archaeology, methodology, Remote sensing, Volcanism

Description: "This book contains 17 chapters by 13 authors; 10 are single-authored and the others by various combinations of multiple authors. The work is meticulous ranging from regional to site descriptions, and covering remote sensing applications, chipped stone, ground stone, jewelry, phytoliths, pollen, and macrobotanicals. An excellent account of the archaeology in this region beginning with Paleoindian occupations. Provides a complementary data set to those collected under similar circumstances in El Salvador and Panama"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.