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Diverse case studies that explore the relationship between humans and water environments 

This volume features a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to underwater and coastal archaeology in Latin America. Showcasing the efforts of 82 researchers working across the region, the case studies in this book point to a long tradition of practices and beliefs related to the exploitation and management of aquatic environments, displaying a wide chronological vision that recognizes the vast and rich precolonial heritage of these waters.

Chapters on the pre-Hispanic period include an analysis of evidence about the exploitation of maritime resources, ritual practices related to water, ancestral navigation, and inundated cultural landscapes, addressing examples from Mesoamerica, the Central American isthmus, and the Andes. Historical case studies are also explored, including shipwrecks, harbors, and maritime coastal landscapes in the Caribbean, on the Atlantic coast, and in Patagonia. The countries represented comprise Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.

The material landscapes of oceans, lakes, and rivers discussed in this volume contribute to a better understanding of the dynamic relationships between humans and their environments over time. By integrating the study of behaviors associated with waterscapes into the interpretations of past and current cultures, this volume introduces new ways of seeing Latin America.

Contributors: Carmela Alarc n Ledesma Dalila Aldana Aranda Jes's Aldana Mendoza Cruz Apestegui Cardenal Diana E. Arano Recio Letizia Arbeteta Amaru Arg eso Mary Avila Peltroche Laura B ez Santos Benjamin Ballester Helena Barba-Meinecke Alexandra Biar Maickel C ceres Su rez Fl vio Rizzi Calippo Paulo Fernando Bava de Camargo Jos M. Capriles Laura Carrillo M rquez Ana Castelli Claudia Castillo Nina Castillo S nchez Victoria Castro Rojas Nicol's C. Ciarlo Luis V. J. Coll Richard G. Cooke Vicente Cort z Billet Gabriela Covarrubias Ale Robert de Hoop Carlos Del Cairo Hurtado Christophe Delaere Leon Derksen Salvador Dom nguez-Bella Mat as Dourteau Peter Eeckhout Dolores Elkin Yolanda Espinoza Morales Julieta Frere Marcelo Gabald n Rodenas Alexander Geurds M nica Grosso Guillermo Guti rrez Josu Guzm n Torres William J. Harvey Iris del Roc o Hern ndez Bautista Jos Hudtwalcker Mor n Ilean Isaza-Aizpur a Juan Jij n Porras M ximo Jim nez-Acosta Roberto Junco Eduardo Keldjian Marcos Labrada Ochoa Serge Lemaitre Carlos Le n Amores Nicol's Lira San Mart n Milton Luj n D vila Martijn Manders Josefa Mart Solano Juan G. Mart n Marcial Medina Huanca Velia V. Mendoza Espa a Cristian Murray Bryan N ez Aparcana B rbara Olgu n Carlos Pacheco Navarro Eduardo Pareja Si anis Jos Miguel P rez-G mez Abiud Piz Ch vez Gilson Rambelli Johan Reinhard Javier Reyes Trujeque Carla Riera Andreu Felipe Rubio Munita Marcela Sep lveda Ashley Sharpe Isabel Silva Le n Nicole E. Smith-Guzm n Catalina Soto Rodr guez Caroline Tilleux Irene Torreggiani Rodrigo Torres M nica Patricia Valentini Marcelo Weissel Andr's Zuccolotto Villalobos