The Andes

The Andes
Author: Onno Oncken
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 574
Release: 2006-11-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540486844

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of a complete subduction orogen, the Andes. To date the results provide the densest and most highly resolved geophysical image of an active subduction orogen.

Aves de piedra, barro y oro en la Costa Rica precolombina

Aves de piedra, barro y oro en la Costa Rica precolombina
Author: Patricia Fernández Esquivel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN:

A scholarly and physically stunning presentation of the use of bird imagery in pre-Columbian Costa Rican art, with an equal balance of photos and text. Includes indigenous culture, contemporary links, and comparative photos of artifacts and actual birds