Handbook of Middle American Indians
The Handbook of Middle American Indians ("Handbook of the Central American Indians") is the standard ethnological encyclopedia on the indigenous peoples of Central America , published from 1970 and published in Austin by the University of Texas Press . Numerous renowned specialists have collaborated on the work. The American archaeologist and anthropologist Robert Wauchope (1909–1979) at the Middle American Research Institute at Tulane University in New Orleans ( Louisiana ) is responsible as the main editor . The manual is written in English .
The work is divided into 16 volumes and six supplementary volumes which were edited by Victoria Reifler Bricker (born 1940) after the editor's death .
structure
The Handbook of Middle American Indians is structured as follows:
- Vol. 1: Natural Environments and Early Culture.
- Vol. 2 and 3: Archeology of Southern Mesoamerica.
- Vol. 4: Archaeological Frontiers and External Connections.
- Vol. 5: Linguistics.
- Vol. 6: Social Anthropology.
- Vol. 7 u. 8: Ethnology.
- Vol. 9: Physical Anthropology.
- Vol. 10 and 11: Archeology of Northern Mesoamerica.
- Vol. 12-15: Guide to Ethnohistorical Sources.
- Vol. 16: Sources Cited and Artifacts Illustrated.
- Suppl.-Vol. 1: Archeology.
- Suppl.-Vol. 2: Linguistics.
- Suppl.-Vol. 3: Literatures
- Suppl.-Vol. 4: Ethnohistory
- Suppl.-Vol. 5: Epigraphy
- Suppl.-Vol. 6: Ethnology
See also
- Handbook of North American Indians
- Handbook of South American Indians
- Robert Wauchope (English)
- Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University (English)