Peruvian Prehistory : An Overview of Pre-Inca and Inca Society

Keatinge, Richard W. (editor)

ISBN 10: 0521275555 / ISBN 13: 9780521275552

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1988

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Peruvian Prehistory : An Overview of Pre-Inca and Inca Society
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521275555
• ISBN 13: 9780521275552
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Illustrated.
• Condition: Used-Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology

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Synopsis

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.

Book Description

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.