Andean Archaeology III North and South /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Isbell, William H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Silverman, Helaine (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; History.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.; History, general.

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 examine...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.