Zooarchaeology in the Neotropics: An Introduction

MONDINI, MARIANA; MUÑOZ, ANDRÉS SEBASTIÁN; FERNÁNDEZ, PABLO MARCELO

Zooarchaeology in the Neotropics. Environmental Diversiity and human-animals interactions

Springer AG

Año: 2017; p. 1 - 6

This book brings together a collection of works on the archaeology of humananimalinteractions through time in the Neotropical Biogeographic Region. Thishuge area, ranging from Central Mexico to Southern Patagonia, is characterized byan outstandingly rich biodiversity distributed across an amazing array ofcontrasting environments. Understanding the zooarchaeological imprint of humaninsertion in the rich and singular Americas is, thus, an opportunity for improvingour knowledge of the many ways modern humans have dealt with the globalcolonization of our planet and of the diversity of subsequent organization formswithin such diverse settings.