In this volume an international group of leading specialists guide us through different aspects of the study of Amerindian languages and societies. These all lie at the heart of the extensive
and multi-facetted work of Willem Adelaar, who is the forerunning specialist in Native American studies of Meso and South America, and Professor of Amerindian Studies at Leiden University. The
contributors focus on the Andes, Amazonia, Meso-America and the Circum-Caribbean region. They provide a state of the art overview of current linguistic and archaeological research trends that
illuminate the dynamics and historicity of the Americas, in migratory movements, contact situations, grouping and re-grouping of identities and its linguistic results. This book is a must-have
for all scholars of the American continent.
