Archaeological and Paleontological Research in Lagoa Santa : The Quest for th...
by Walter A. Neves
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Archaeological and Paleontological Research in Lagoa Santa : The Quest for the First Americans, Hardcover by Da-Gloria, Pedro (EDT); Neves, Walter A. (EDT); Hubbe, Mark (EDT), ISBN 3319574655, ISBN-13 9783319574653, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This groundbreaking volume presents, for the first time in English, a broad historical review of the researches carried out over 170 years in the region of Lagoa Santa, Brazil, one of the most important archaeological regions in the Americas. From the pioneering work of the Danish naturalist Peter Lund in the XIX century to the recent research on the dispersion of early humans across South America, led by Walter A. Neves and colleagues, Lagoa Santa has offered remarkable findings, the largest collections of early human skeletons in the Americas, and has contributed to the overall discussions about the settlement of the Americas. This edited volume aims to fill the lack of publications in English about Lagoa Santa and gathers representatives of all the main Brazilian institutions directly involved in the archaeological and paleontological investigations in the region, in order to provide the international scientific community a comprehensive and complete account of the researches that contributed to rewrite the history of the peopling of the Americas. Th is organized in two parts. The first consists of chapters describing each of the interventions in the region, beginning with the pioneering work of Peter Lund and culminating
- Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
- Year: 2017
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN: 9783319574653
- Condition: Fine
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