xvii, 238 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Profusely illustrated. *** CONTENTS: 1. THE PHYSICAL BACKGROUND: A PANORAMIC VIEW; Mountain barrier; Pacific setting; Western dividing wedge; Caribbean on Atlantic setting; Eastern dividing wedge; Talamanca highlands; 2. THE NICOYA REGION: Trailbreakers; Evidence of culture: a preamble; Zoned bichrome period: 300 B.C. to A.D. 300; Early polychrome period: A.D. 300 to 500; Middle polychrome period: A.D. 800 to 1200; Late polychrome period: A.D. 1200-1500 3. THE DIQUIS REGION: Trailbreakers; Diquis time spans; Early period diquis: 0 to A.D. 800; Middle to late period diequis and the Boruca 4. THE ATLANTIC WATERSHED REGION: Trailbreakers;; Atlantic watershed time spans; Early period A: 300 B.C. to 0; Early period B: 0 to A.D. 400; Middle period A: A.D.400 to 850; Middle B; late period: A.D. 850 to 1502. Size: 8vo.

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Title

Pre-Columbian Man in Costa Rica

Publisher

Peabody Museum Press, Cambridge, MA

Publication Date

1977

Language

English

ISBN 10

0873657926

ISBN 13

9780873657921

Binding

Paperback

Condition

Very Good

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