Fire and Salt
Human Niche Construction and Holocene Landscape Evolution on the Pacific Coast of Southern Mesoamerica
The Archaeology of Burning Man
The Rise and Fall of Black Rock City
For nearly a decade Carolyn L. White has employed archaeological methods to analyze the various aspects of life and community in and around Burning Man and Black Rock City.
Powerful Places in the Ancient Andes
This book argues that a careful consideration of Andean conceptions of powerful places is critical not only to understanding Andean political and religious history but to rethinking sociological theories on landscapes more generally.
Island, River, and Field
Landscape Archaeology in the Llanos de Mojos
John H. Walker's innovative study of the Bolivian Amazon examines the agricultural landscape and analyzes the earthworks from an archaeological perspective.
Landscape and Politics in the Ancient Andes
Biographies of Place at Khonkho Wankane
This book is a study of the ways places are created and how they attain meaning.
Maya Pilgrimage to Ritual Landscapes
Insights from Archaeology, History, and Ethnography
Through cross-cultural comparisons, archaeological data, and ethnographic insights, Joel W. Palka addresses central questions about Maya pilgrimage practice and discusses the broad importance of Maya ritual landscapes and pilgrimage for Mesoamerica as a whole.