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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Charles Stanish |
| ISBN: | 0520232453 9780520232457 |
| OCLC Number: | 48817789 |
| Description: | xxiii, 354 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Ancient Collasuyu -- 2. The Evolution of Political Economies -- 3. The Geography and Paleoecology of the Titicaca Basin -- 4. The Ethnography and Ethnohistory of the Titicaca Basin -- 5. The History of Archaeological Research in the Titicaca Basin -- 6. The Origins and Elaboration of Rank in the Early and Middle Formative Periods -- 7. The Rise of Competitive Peer Polities in the Upper Formative Period -- 8. The First State of Tiwanaku -- 9. The Rise of Complex Agro-Pastoral Societies in the Altiplano Period -- 10. Conquest from Outside: The Inca Occupation of the Titicaca Basin -- 11. The Evolution of Complex Society in the Titicaca Basin -- App. Selected Terms from the 1612 Aymara Dictionary of Ludovico Bertonio. |
| Responsibility: | Charles Stanish. |
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Abstract:
One of the richest and most complex civilizations in ancient America evolved around Lake Titicaca in southern Peru and northern Bolivia. This work is a comprehensive synthesis of 4000 years of prehistory for the entire Titicaca region.
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"No previous writer has attempted such an ambitious synthesis of the archaeology of Southern Peru and Northern Bolivia. Stanish is to be congratulated for his bold and successful endeavor. This work will be required reading in university level courses and a regular presence on the bookshelves of Andean scholars for years to come."-Garth Bawden, author of The Moche Read more...
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