Nawpa Pacha
Author: John Howland Rowe
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 616
ISBN-13:
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Emergence and Change in Early Urban Societies
Author: Linda Manzanilla
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780306454943
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOverviews factors involved in change in early urban societies in fourth-millennium Mesopotamia and Egypt, pre-Shang China, Classic Horizon Central Mexico and the Maya Area, and Middle Horizon societies in the Andean Region. An introduction discusses various developmental processes in early urban societies. Chapters on regions and societies look at factors such as interregional exchange networks, conflict and demographic pressures, and the transformation of theocratic leadership in military administrators. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Junius B. Bird Pre-Columbian Textile Conference, May 19 and 20, 1973
Author: Ann Pollard Rowe
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Published: 1979-06
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780884020868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAndean Archaeology III
Author: William Isbell
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-02-01
Total Pages: 548
ISBN-13: 9780387757308
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe third volume in the Andean Archaeology series, this book focuses on the marked cultural differences between the northern and southern regions of the Central Andes, and considers the conditions under which these differences evolved, grew pronounced, and diminished. This book continues the dynamic, current problem-oriented approach to the field of Andean Archaeology that began with Andean Archaeology I and Andean Archaeology II. Combines up-to-date research, diverse theoretical platforms, and far-reaching interpretations to draw provocative and thoughtful conclusions.
A Prehistory of South America
Author: Jerry D. Moore
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 2014-07-15
Total Pages: 553
ISBN-13: 1607323338
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Prehistory of South America is an overview of the ancient and historic native cultures of the entire continent of South America based on the most recent archaeological investigations. This accessible, clearly written text is designed to engage undergraduate and beginning graduate students in anthropology. For more than 12,000 years, South American cultures ranged from mobile hunters and gatherers to rulers and residents of colossal cities. In the process, native South American societies made advancements in agriculture and economic systems and created great works of art—in pottery, textiles, precious metals, and stone—that still awe the modern eye. Organized in broad chronological periods, A Prehistory of South America explores these diverse human achievements, emphasizing the many adaptations of peoples from a continent-wide perspective. Moore examines the archaeologies of societies across South America, from the arid deserts of the Pacific coast and the frigid Andean highlands to the humid lowlands of the Amazon Basin and the fjords of Patagonia and beyond. Illustrated in full color and suitable for an educated general reader interested in the Precolumbian peoples of South America, A Prehistory of South America is a long overdue addition to the literature on South American archaeology.
Ancient South America
Author: Karen Olsen Bruhns
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2024-04-30
Total Pages: 485
ISBN-13: 0521863856
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAncient South America, 2nd edition is completely revised and updated to reflect archaeological discoveries and insights made in the past three decades. It features the full panorama of the South American past from the first inhabitants to the European invasions.
The Incas
Author: Gordon F Mcewan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2008-08-26
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780393333015
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Incas: New Perspectives offers a revealing portrait of the ancient Andean empire from the earliest stages of its development to its final capitulation to Pizzarro in the mid-16th century. In recent years researchers have employed new tools to get to the heart of the mysterious Inca culture. Drawing on recent work in archaeology, anthropology, ethnohistory, and other sources, The Incas provides the most up-to-date interpretations of Inca culture, religion, politics, economics, and daily life available. Readers will discover how the Incas discovered medicines still in use and kept records using knotted cords; how Inca builders created masterful highways and stone bridges; and how the inhabitants of seemingly unfarmable lands came to give the world potatoes, beans, corn, squashes, tomatoes, avocados, peanuts, and peppers. --Publisher.
La Galgada, Peru
Author: Terence Grieder
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2014-08-19
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1477300880
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcavations over many years in the Peruvian Andes and coastal regions have revealed that the village settlements on the west coast of South America were one of the early centers of world civilization. One of these settlements, La Galgada, flourished from 3000 B.C. to 1700 B.C. Its extraordinarily complete cultural remains help to reconstruct a picture of human life, health, activities, and trade relations as they were 4,000 years ago and allow us to enter the mental and artistic life of this early civilization. The location of La Galgada on Peru’s Tablachaca River midway between the highlands and the coast caused it to be influenced by the culture of both those regions. The remains found at La Galgada tie together important textile collections from the coastal region with important architectural remains from the Andean highland to give a picture of a complete preceramic culture in ancient Peru. Numerous illustrations provide an exciting visual catalog of the finds at La Galgada. What also makes La Galgada such a significant site are the changes in art and architecture that can be documented in considerable detail from about 2500 B.C. to about 1700 B.C. During that period, La Galgada and the other preceramic communities in northern Peru were transformed with a rapidity that must have seemed shocking and revolutionary to their inhabitants. These changes record the first appearance of the powerful and intimidating Chavín culture that was to dominate the region for the next thousand years. They also allow us to watch a people change and adapt as they try to cope with the powerful pressure of technical and social development in their region.
Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient Peru
Author: Elizabeth P. Benson
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2013-06-20
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 0292757956
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPropitiating the supernatural forces that could grant bountiful crops or wipe out whole villages through natural disasters was a sacred duty in ancient Peruvian societies, as in many premodern cultures. Ritual sacrifices were considered necessary for this propitiation and for maintaining a proper reciprocal relationship between humans and the supernatural world. The essays in this book examine the archaeological evidence for ancient Peruvian sacrificial offerings of human beings, animals, and objects, as well as the cultural contexts in which the offerings occurred, from around 2500 B.C. until Inca times just before the Spanish Conquest. Major contributions come from the recent archaeological fieldwork of Steve Bourget, Anita Cook, and Alana Cordy-Collins, as well as from John Verano's laboratory work on skeletal material from recent excavations. Mary Frame, who is a weaver as well as a scholar, offers rich new interpretations of Paracas burial garments, and Donald Proulx presents a fresh view of the nature of Nasca warfare. Elizabeth Benson's essay provides a summary of sacrificial practices.
