Andean Archaeology I Variations in Sociopolitical Organization
Study of the origin and development of civilization is of unequaled importance for understanding the cultural processes that create human societies. Is cultural evolution directional and regular across human societies and history, or is it opportunistic and capricious? Do apparent regularities come...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
2002, 2002
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2002 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Introduction
- 1. Theorizing Variations in Andean Sociopolitical Organization
- II. Early Andean Civilizations
- 2. The Sechín Alto Complex and Its Place Within Casma Valley Initial Period Development
- 3. Out in the Streets of Moche: Urbanism and Sociopolitical Organization at a Moche IV Urban Center
- 4. Power and Social Ranking at the End of the Formative Period: The Lower Lurín Valley Cemeteries
- 5. Nasca Settlement and Society on the Hundredth Anniversary of Uhle's Discovery of the Nasca Style
- III. Traditions of Imperialism in the Andes
- 6. Tiwanaku Political Economy
- 7. Iwawi and Tiwanaku
- 8. Imperial Interaction in the Andes: Huari and Tiwanaku at Cerro Baúl
- 9. The Huaro Archaeological Site Complex: Rethinking the Huari Occupation of Cuzco
- 10. The Archaeology of Inca Origins: Excavations at Chokepukio, Cuzco, Peru
- 11. Catequil: The Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Ethnography of a Major Provincial Huaca
- IV. Solving Puzzles of the Past
- 12. Tracking the Source of Quispisisa Obsidian from Huancavelica to Ayacucho
- V. Conclusion
- 13. Writing the Andes with a Capital 'A'