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The Casma city of El Purgatorio : ancient urbanism in the Andes /

Through analysis of the excavation sites and material culture of the major urban center of the Inka Casma polity, El Purgatorio, Vogel explores a transformative time in the pre-Hispanic Inka Empire.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vogel, Melissa A. (Author)
Other Authors: Smith, Michael Ernest, 1953- (author of foreword.), Masson, Marilyn A. (author of foreword.), Janusek, John Wayne, 1963- (author of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
Series:Ancient cities of the New World.
Subjects:
Indians of South America > Peru > Antiquities.
Indians of South America > Material culture > Peru.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Peru.
Cities and towns, Ancient > Peru.
Incas > Antiquities.
Peru > Antiquities.
Casma River Valley (Peru) > Antiquities.
Description
Summary:Through analysis of the excavation sites and material culture of the major urban center of the Inka Casma polity, El Purgatorio, Vogel explores a transformative time in the pre-Hispanic Inka Empire.
Physical Description:xxiii, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813062150
0813062152