This book introduces selected contributions from the GEGAL (Spanish acronym for Latin American Geoarchaeological Studies Group) Workshop held at La Paloma Beach, Uruguay, with a focus on Coastal Geoarchaeology, and an attendance of more than 50 researchers, students and professionals from several Latin American countries.

The contributions were selected in order to encompass the vast array of environmental, geomorphological and archaeological contexts comprised in the geographical frame of Latin America. Topics covered through the chapters include specific issues such as human occupation and fluvial dynamic processes in mountain and lowland environments, methodological developments in dating methods, taphonomy and chemical proxies, as well as landscape modification by anthropogenic disturbances. As the first compilation of Coastal Geoarchaeology for Latin America, this book is intended to become a useful tool for students, researchers and professionals from related fields, as it comprises not only the regional state of the art, but also new insights and developments which can be potentially applied to other contexts world wide.

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Hugo Inda Ferrero is Professor of Archaeology, Geosciences and PaleoEcology at Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Rocha, Uruguay Felipe García Rodríguez is Full Professor of Geosciences at Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Rocha, Uruguay

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Human Occupation Chronologies Modeled By Geomorphological Factors: A Case Study From The Atlantic Coast Of North Patagonia (Argentina).- Chapter 2. A Basin Wide Assessment Of Natural Dynamics And Modern Human Impacts On The Visibility And Conservation Of Coastal Archaeological Sites In The Atlantic Coast Of Uruguay.- Chapter 3. Osl Dating Of Lagoon Geoforms As Proxies Of Marine Levels For The Upper Holocene.- Chapter 4. Geoarchaeology And Historical Archeology In Pelourinho, Salvador, Brazil: Settlement, Landscape And Hypotheses.- Chapter 5. The Geoarchaeology Of Intertidal Shipwreck Sites: Case-Studies From Highly Dynamic Settings In Southern Brazil, Argentina And Uruguay.- Chapter 6. Dunes As Units Of Preservation Of The Archaeological Record In The North Coast Of San Matías Gulf, Province Of Río Negro (Argentina).- Chapter 7. Mounds And Landscape In The Merín Lagoon Basin.- Chapter 8. Record Of Late Holocene Human Occupations In Coastal Deposits Of The Middle Uruguay River.- Chapter 9. Archaeomagnetism Applied To Ceramics From Coastal Archaeological Sites In Uruguay.- Chapter 10. Site Formation Processes Since The Early Holocene In A Planosol Sequence From The Laguna Negra Basin.