Peruvian Prehistory: An Overview of Pre-Inca and Inca Society - Softcover
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Offers an authoritative and up-to-date survey of the cultural evolution of Peru from the appearance of the first inhabitants around 10,000 BC to the arrival of the Spanish in 1534. The book is divided chronologically into three main parts that examine in turn the highland and lowland zones in the Preceramic and Initial periods; the development of complex sociey at Chavín, Tiwanaku and Huari and in the Moche and Nazca cultures; and the culmination of this process. the pan-Andean empire of the Incas. A fourth, concluding section deals with the often neglected tropical forest region of Peru and its formative influence on the evolution of Andean culture.
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An authoritative survey of the cultural evolution of Peru from the appearance of the first inhabitants around 10,000 B.C. to the arrival of the Spanish in 1534. As such, it represents the first collective assessment of Peruvian archaeology to appear within a generation.
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"...a state of-the-art review...it offers a valuable overview of recent advances in the field of Andean archaelogy.""--Natural History
"For the Latin American anthropologist, the collection is valuable reading as a document of the issues and debates which currently guide archaeological research in the Andes." Latin American Anthropology Review
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0521275555
- ISBN 13 9780521275552
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages384
- EditorKeatinge Richard W.
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