CONTENTS 
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Preface v 
Cultural development in northern Mexico, by Charles C. Di Peso 1 
Cultural development in central Mesoamerica, by Roman Pina Chan 17 
Cultural development in southeastern Mesaomerica, by Michael D. Coe 27 
Cultural development in lower Central America, by Claude F. Baudez .... 45 
Cultural development in Colombia, by Carlos Augulo Valdes 55 
Cultural development in Venezuela, by Mario Sanoja 67 
Cultural development in Ecuador, by Emilio Estrada and Clifford Evans . . 77 
Cultural development in the Central Andes — Peru and Bolivia, by Alfred 
Kidder 11, Luis G. Lumbreras S., and David B. Smith 89 
Cultural development in northwestern Argentina, by Alberto Rex Gonzalez 103 
Cultural development in Brazil, by Fernando Altenfelder Silva and Betty 
J. Meggers , 119 
Cultural development in Latin America: An interpretative overview, by 
Betty J. Meggers 131 
Appendix (tables 1 and 2) 146 
FIGURES 
(Figures 1-16 in pocket at end of book.) 
1. Mexico and Central America : political and geographical designations. 
2. Chronological sequences in northern Mexico. 
3. Mexico and Central America : archeological sites. 
4. Chronological sequences in central Mesoamerica. 
5. Chronological sequences in southeastern Mesoamerica. 
6. Chronological sequences in lower Central America. 
7. Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela : political and geographical designa- 
tions and archeological complexes. 
8. Chronological sequences in Colombia. 
9. Chronological sequences in Venezula. 
10. Chronological sequences in Ecuador. 
11. Peru and Bolivia : archeological sites and geographical features. 
12. Chronological sequences in the Central Andes. 
13. Northwestern Argentina and northern Chile : political and geographi- 
cal designations and archeological sites. 
14. Chronological sequences in northern Chile and northwestern Argentina. 
15. Brazil : political and geographical designations and archeological sites 
and complexes. 
16. Chronological sequences in Brazil. Page 
17. Comparative antiquity of selected pottery traits suggesting direct con- 
tact by sea between Ecuador and central Mesoamerica around 1200 B.C. 134 
18. Major habitat zones in Latin America 136 
19. Relative antiquity of selected pottery traits suggesting direct contact 
by sea between central Mexico and Ecuador around 500 b.c 138 
20. Relative antiquity of selected traits suggesting maintenance of direct 
contact between Mesoamerica and northwestern South America after 
the beginning of the Christian era 139 
