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Title Andean archaeology III : north and south / edited by William H. Isbell and Helaine Silverman
Published New York : Springer, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 523 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
Contents Regional Patterns -- The North -- America's First City? The Case of Late Archaic Caral -- Religious Warfare at Chankillo -- The Vicús-Mochica Relationship -- Competitive Feasting, Religious Pluralism and Decentralized Power in the Late Moche Period -- Northern Exposures: Recuay-Cajamarca Boundaries and Interaction -- Chimu Craft Specialization and Political Economy: A View from the Provinces -- The South -- Early Village Society in the Formative Period in the Southern Lake Titicaca Basin -- The Emergence of Complex Society in the Titicaca Basin: The View from the North -- Redefining Plant Use at the Formative Site of Chiripa in the Southern Titicaca Basin -- Ritual and Society in Early Intermediate Period Ayacucho: A View From the Site of Ñawinpukyo -- Missing Links, Imaginary Links: Staff God Imagery in the South Andean Past -- Water, Blood and Semen: Signs of Life and Fertility in Nasca Art -- Burial Patterns and Sociopolitical Organization in Nasca 5 Society -- When and Where Did the Nasca Proliferous Style Emerge? -- Violence and Rural Lifeways at Two Peripheral Wari Sites in the Majes Valley of Southern Peru -- Suspension Bridges of the Inca Empire -- Conclusion -- Rethinking the Central Andean Co-Tradition
Summary This book is intended to continue the dynamic, current problem-oriented approach to the field of Andean Archaeology that started with Andean Archaeology I and Andean Archaeology II. In this volume, the strong cultural differences between northern and southern regions of the Central Andes are examined and the conditions under which these differences evolved are explored. Andean Archaeology III combines up-to-date research, diverse theoretical platforms, and far-reaching interpretations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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In Springer e-books
Subject Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- Antiquities
Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- History
Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- Politics and government
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Andes Region
HISTORY -- General.
Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- History.
Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- Politics and government.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Andes Region.
Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- Antiquities.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Indians of South America.
Indians of South America -- Antiquities.
Indians of South America -- Politics and government.
SUBJECT Andes Region -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005006452
Andes Region -- History
Subject Andes Region -- Antiquities.
Andes Region -- History.
Andes Region.
Anderna -- fornlämningar.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
Author Isbell, William Harris, 1943-
Silverman, Helaine.
ISBN 9780387289403
0387289402
0387289399
9780387289397
1280724129
9781280724121