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A Seasonal Campsite in the Peruvian Montana: Ethnography and Ecology in Archaeological Interpretation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Thomas P. Myers
Thomas P. Myers*
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Indiana University Museum Indiana University
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Abstract

The rapid decomposition of organic remains under tropical forest conditions forces the archaeologist to rely entirely upon soil characteristics, indestructible artifacts, and refuse deposition patterns for his cultural interpretations. Such evidence is used to identify a unifunctional turtle harvesting encampment on the lower Aguatia River in eastern Peru.

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American Antiquity , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , October 1972 , pp. 540 - 545
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1972

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