Archaeology of the Rivas Region, Nicaragua

by Paul Healy

Central America before the Spanish Conquest has often been considered by North American archaeologists as a "backwater" of peripheral importance located between the advanced ancient civilizations of South America and Mesoamerica (Mexican-Maya country). Recent archaeological research has revealed that this area played a much more significant role in New World cultural history than was previously thought. Healy's study examines the archaeological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554584841
• ISBN13: 9781554584840
• Release Date: March 1981
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 412 Pages