El cacicazgo prehispánico de Guabas, en el Valle del Cauca (700 - 1300 D.C.)


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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 desarrollar los contactos económicos y en general culturales con otros grupos portadores de tradiciones culturales diferentes, como por ejemplo, los de la Cultura Bolo-Quebrada Seca. Los resultados de las investigaciones de este importante cacicazgo del Valle del Cauca, realizadas durante las décadas de 1980 y 1990 en el actual municipio de Guacarí, constituyen el material analizado en este libro. En él tratamos de dar una visión de conjunto tanto de la población aborigen, como de su cultura, dentro de una perspectiva temporal y espacial específica.




Handbook of Latin American Studies


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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 research underway in specialized areas. The Handbook of Latin American Studies is the oldest continuing reference work in the field. Dolores Moyano Martin, of the Library of Congress Hispanic Division, has been the editor since 1977, and P. Sue Mundell has been assistant editor since 1994. The subject categories for Volume 55 are as follows: Anthropology (including Archaeology and Ethnology) Economics Electronic Resources for the Social Sciences Geography Government and Politics International Relations Sociology




Calima and Malagana


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This book, summarizing more than 25 years of research by a multinational team of scholars, chronicles the cultural and artistic development in a key region of Colombia from 8000 BC to the early Colonial period. Goldwork and pottery (including the spectacular finds from the recently excavated Malagana site) are discussed in the context of changes in the agricultural landscape, social and political evolution, and indigenous belief systems.




Handbook of Latin American Studies


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Contains scholarly evaluations of books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Covers social sciences and the humanities in alternate years.




Recent advances in the Archaeology of the Northern Andes


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The Northern Andes is a pivotal region for understanding many of the social, economic, political, and ideological changes that pre-Columbian cultures experienced. Topics inc. recent investigations on human colonisation of the region, origins of sedentism and food production, rise of chiefdoms, and importance of symbolism and iconography.




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