The Origins and Development of the Andean State (New Directions in Archaeology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521331021 ISBN 13: 9780521331029

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Synopsis

This volume brings together research on the evolution of civilisation in the Andean region of South America from the work of sixteen leading scholars, at one time actively engaged in fieldwork in Peru. Beginning with early chiefdom societies living along the Peruvian coast 2000 years before Christ, the authors trace the growing complexity of Andean states and empires over the next 3000 years. They examine the accomplishments of the ancient Andeans in the rise of magnificent monumental architecture and the construction of unparalleled prehistoric irrigation systems. They also look at the dominant role of warfare in Andean societies and at the collapse of empires in the millennia before the arrival of the Spanish in 1534. Together, the contributors provide the first systematic study of the evolution of polities along the dry coastal plains and high mountain valleys of the Peruvian Andes.

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Book Description

This volume brings together research on the evolution of civilisation in the Andean region of South America from the work of sixteen leading scholars. Together, the contributors provide the first systematic study of the evolution of polities along the dry coastal plains and high mountain valleys of the Peruvian Andes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521331021
• ISBN 13: 9780521331029
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 188
• Editor: Jonathan Haas, Shelia Pozorski, Thomas Pozorski