Lucas C. Kellett is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Maine at Farmington, USA. Eric E. Jones is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Wake Forest University, USA.

• Part 1: Overview Chapter 1. Settlement Ecology in the Ancient Americas: An Introduction by Lucas C. Kellett and Eric E. Jones Part 2: North America Chapter 2. The Ecology of Changing Settlement Patterns among Piedmont Village Tradition Communities in Southeastern North America, AD 800–1600 by Eric E. Jones Chapter 3. Settlement Ecology at Singer-Moye: Mississippian History and Demography in the Southeastern United States by Stefan Brannan and Jennifer Birch Chapter 4. Settlement Ecology in the Precontact North American Southwest by Scott E. Ingram Part 3. Central America Chapter 5. Political-Economic Strategies and Settlement Ecology in the Mesoamerican Gulf Lowlands: Olmec, Epi-Olmec, and Classic Period Settlement in the El Mesón Area of the Eastern Lower Papaloapan Basin, Veracruz, Mexico by Michael L. Loughlin Chapter 6. Climate, Ecology, and Social Change in Prehispanic Northwestern Mesoamerica by Michelle Elliot Chapter 7. Agrarian and Settlement Ecology in the Classic Maya Lowlands: A Comparative Analysis of La Joyanca (Guatemala) and Río Bec (Mexico) by Eva Lemonnier Chapter 8. Identifying Settlement Variability in the Isthmo-Colombian Area: Alternative models from the Upper General Valley of the Diquis archaeological subregion by Roberto Herrera Part 4. South America Chapter 9. Chanka Settlement Ecology: Disentangling Settlement Decision Making during a Time of Risk in the Andean Highlands by Lucas C. Kellett Chapter 10. Encountering Forgotten Landscapes: Water, Climate, and Two Millenia of Settlement Location Choices in the Ica-Nasca Region of Southern Coastal Peru by Hendrik Van GijseghemChapter 11. The Organics of Settlement Patterns in Amazonia by Fernando Almeida

Lucas C. Kellett is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Maine at Farmington, USA. Eric E. Jones is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Wake Forest University, USA.

• Part 1: Overview Chapter 1. Settlement Ecology in the Ancient Americas: An Introduction by Lucas C. Kellett and Eric E. Jones Part 2: North America Chapter 2. The Ecology of Changing Settlement Patterns among Piedmont Village Tradition Communities in Southeastern North America, AD 800–1600 by Eric E. Jones Chapter 3. Settlement Ecology at Singer-Moye: Mississippian History and Demography in the Southeastern United States by Stefan Brannan and Jennifer Birch Chapter 4. Settlement Ecology in the Precontact North American Southwest by Scott E. Ingram Part 3. Central America Chapter 5. Political-Economic Strategies and Settlement Ecology in the Mesoamerican Gulf Lowlands: Olmec, Epi-Olmec, and Classic Period Settlement in the El Mesón Area of the Eastern Lower Papaloapan Basin, Veracruz, Mexico by Michael L. Loughlin Chapter 6. Climate, Ecology, and Social Change in Prehispanic Northwestern Mesoamerica by Michelle Elliot Chapter 7. Agrarian and Settlement Ecology in the Classic Maya Lowlands: A Comparative Analysis of La Joyanca (Guatemala) and Río Bec (Mexico) by Eva Lemonnier Chapter 8. Identifying Settlement Variability in the Isthmo-Colombian Area: Alternative models from the Upper General Valley of the Diquis archaeological subregion by Roberto Herrera Part 4. South America Chapter 9. Chanka Settlement Ecology: Disentangling Settlement Decision Making during a Time of Risk in the Andean Highlands by Lucas C. Kellett Chapter 10. Encountering Forgotten Landscapes: Water, Climate, and Two Millenia of Settlement Location Choices in the Ica-Nasca Region of Southern Coastal Peru by Hendrik Van GijseghemChapter 11. The Organics of Settlement Patterns in Amazonia by Fernando Almeida