Before the Volcano Erupted The Ancient Cerï¿½n Village in Central America

Name: Before the Volcano Erupted The Ancient Cerï¿½n Village in Central America
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ISBN: 9780292777613

ISBN-10: 0292777612

ISBN-13: 9780292777613

Edition: 2002

Authors: Payson Sheets, Payson Sheets

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On an August evening around AD 600, residents of the Cern village in the Zapotitn Valley of what is now El Salvador were sitting down to their nightly meal when ground tremors and loud steam emissions warned of an impending volcanic eruption. The villagers fled, leaving their town to be buried under five meters of volcanic ash and forgotten until a bulldozer uncovered evidence of the extraordinarily preserved town in 1976. The most intact Precolumbian village in Latin America, Cern has been called the "Pompeii of the New World."This book and its accompanying CD-ROM and website (ceren.colorado.edu) present complete and detailed reports of the excavations carried out at Cern since 1978 by a…

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 3/15/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 238
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English



Preface (Payson Sheets)


Introduction (Payson Sheets, with an Appendix




Multidisciplinary Research


Volcanology, Stratigraphy, and Effects on Structures



Geophysical Exploration at Ceren



Ceren Plant Resources: Abundance and Diversity




Household Archaeology


Ancient Home and Garden: The View from Household 1 at Ceren



Household 2 at Ceren: The Remains of an Agrarian and Craft-Oriented Corporate Group



Structure 16: The Kitchen of Household 3



Structure 4: A Storehouse-Workshop for Household 4




Special Buildings


The Civic Complex



Structure 9: A Precolumbian Sweat Bath at Ceren



Structure 10: Feasting and Village Festivals



Divination at Ceren: The Evidence from Structure 12




Artifacts


Ceramics and Their Use at Ceren



The Chipped Stone Artifacts of Ceren



Groundstone Artifacts in the Ceren Village



Household and Community Animal Use at Ceren



Artifacts Made from Plant Materials




Topics and Issues of Ceren Research


The Conservation Program at Ceren



Household Production and Specialization at Ceren



Cultivating Biodiversity: Milpas, Gardens, and the Classic Period Landscape



Continuity and Change in the Contemporary Community of Joya de Ceren



Summary and Conclusions



Glossary


References


Index