The bilingual series Flower World – Music Archaeology of the Americas, of which the present edition is the first volume, brings the study of ancient music and music-related activities of the pre-Columbian Americas to the next level. For the first time, a book series featuring scientific investigations in this fascinating inter- and crossdisciplinary field, is available. The series encompasses peer-reviewed studies by renowned scholars on both past and living music traditions from South, Central and North America, and constitutes a platform for the most up-to-date information on the music archaeology of the continent. It features case studies and the results of research projects in the field, in which a great variety of musicarchaeological approaches are commonly applied.