Steinbrenner, Larry, editorGeurds, Alexander, editorMcCafferty, Geoffrey G., editorSalgado, Silvia, editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2021-12-022021-12-022021https://hdl.handle.net/10217/234049Includes bibliographical references and index.Provides an overview of this archaeological subarea encompassing Pacific Nicaragua and northwestern Costa Rica. Colonized by diverse peoples of Mesoamerican origin centuries before the arrival of Europeans, Greater Nicoya remains controversial in the twenty-first century as scholars struggle to achieve consensus on questions of geography, chronology, and cultural identity.--Provided by publisher.Introduction / Larry Steinbrenner -- Contact-era Pacific Nicaragua: indigenous groups & their origins / Larry Steinbrenner -- Indigenous peoples of Pacific Nicaragua and Nicoya in the sixteenth century: a historical approach / Eugenia Ibarra Rojas -- A critical reevaluation of Pacific Nicaragua's late period chronology / Larry Steinbrenner and Geoffrey G. McCafferty -- The Managua metropolitan project: a retrospective / Frederick W. Lange -- Twenty years of Nicaraguan archaeology: results of the University of Calgary projects / Geoffrey G. McCafferty -- The development of social complexity in the Rivas Region, Pacific Nicaragua / Karen Niemel Garrard -- Social practices at La Cascabel, a village on Culebra Bay, AD 800-1550 / Ana Cristina Aguilar Vega -- Polychrome potting traditions of Pacific Nicaragua, AD 800-1300 / Larry Steinbrenner -- Ceramic economy and communities of practice in Granada and Rivas, AD 1-1300 / Carrie L. Dennett -- Exploring technological modifications: variation of non-vessel "objects" from El Rayo, Nicaragua / Sacha Wilke -- A century in stone: one hundred years of lithic analyses in Nicaragua / Adam K. Benfer -- The development of Nicaraguan rock art research / Suzanne M. Baker -- Raising the dead: mortuary patterns in Pacific Nicaragua / Geoffrey G. McCafferty, Andrea Waters-Rist, Sharisse McCafferty, Celise Fricker, and Jessica Manion -- Osteoarchaeological markers of health and identity at the site of El Rayo, Nicaragua, AD 550-1200 / Andrea Waters-Rist and Geoffrey G. McCafferty -- Human bone artifacts: ancestor cults and human sacrifice in a community of Mesoamerican origin in Culebra Bay, Costa Rica / Anayensy Herrera Villalobos and Felipe Solís Del Vecchio -- Greater Nicoya through the looking-glass: merging culture history with social theory / Alexander Geurds.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Indians of Central America -- Nicaragua -- HistoryIndians of Central America -- Nicaragua -- AntiquitiesIndians of Central America -- Costa Rica -- Nicoya Peninsula -- HistoryIndians of Central America -- Costa Rica -- Nicoya Peninsula -- AntiquitiesTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.