From Foraging to Farming in the Andes

Foreword Peter Kaulicke; 1. Introduction Tom D. Dillehay; 2. Research history, methods, and site types Tom D. Dillehay, Kary Stackelbeck, Jack Rossen and Greg Maggard; 3. Pleistocene and Holocene environments Patricia J. Netherly; 4. El Palto phase Greg Maggard and Tom D. Dillehay; 5. Las Pircas phase Jack Rossen; 6. Tierra Blanca phase Kary Stackelbeck and Tom D. Dillehay; 7. Preceramic mounds and hillside villages Tom D. Dillehay, Patricia J. Netherly and Jack Rossen; 8. Human remains John Verano and Jack Rossen; 9. Preceramic plant use Jack Rossen; 10. Faunal remains Kary Stackelbeck; 11. Material cultures Tom D. Dillehay, Greg Maggard, Jack Rossen and Kary Stackelbeck; 12. Forager and farming land use systems Tom D. Dillehay; 13. From foraging to farming and community development Tom D. Dillehay, Jack Rossen and Kary Stackelbeck; 14. Northern Peruvian early and middle preceramic agriculture in Central and South American context Dolores Piperno; 15. Conclusions Tom D. Dillehay; Appendix 1. Radiocarbon dates from the study area; Appendix 2. Dry forests and biomes of the coastal valleys and lower western slopes of northwestern Peru Patricia J. Netherly; Appendix 3. Stable carbon isotopes Patricia J. Netherly; Appendix 4. Faunal remains from all phases Kary Stackelbeck.