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Frontier life in ancient Peru : the archaeology of Cerro la Cruz /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vogel, Melissa A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]
Subjects:
Indians of South America > Peru > Casma River Valley > Politics and government.
Indians of South America > Peru > Casma River Valley > Antiquities.
Indians of South America > Peru > Chao River Valley > Migrations.
Indians of South America > Peru > Chao River Valley > Politics and government.
Indians of South America > Peru > Chao River Valley > Antiquities.
Casma River Valley (Peru) > Antiquities.
Chao River Valley (Peru) > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : geopolitical boundaries in Andean prehistory
  • A time and place of transition : the north coast of Peru, AD 900-1350
  • Archaeological approaches to peripheries
  • Investigating peripheries : the site of Cerro la Cruz
  • Life on the edge of the Casma polity
  • The geopolitical landscape of the Peruvian coast in late prehistory
  • Conclusion : conquest and abandonment.