Perspectives on early Andean civilization in Peru : interaction, authority, and socioeconomic organization during the first and second millennia BC /
This Yale University Publications in Anthropology volume presents investigations of Peruvian archaeological sites, focusing on early developments in coastal, highland and cloud forest environments. The contributors provide new perspectives on early Andean civilization by exploring patterns of intera...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven, Connecticut :
Published by Yale University Department of Anthropology and the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural history,
[2019]
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| Series: | Yale University publications in anthropology ;
no. 94. |
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| Summary: | This Yale University Publications in Anthropology volume presents investigations of Peruvian archaeological sites, focusing on early developments in coastal, highland and cloud forest environments. The contributors provide new perspectives on early Andean civilization by exploring patterns of interaction, authority and socioeconomic organization during the first and second millennia B.C. in the central Andes of Peru. Large-scale subjects such as architecture, organization, technology and ideology are examined, in addition to fine-grained topics including animal bones, pottery style and technology, site orientation and religious iconography. |
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| Item Description: | Papers presented at a session entitled "La Complejidad Social del Periodo Formativo en los Andes Centrales," that took place as part of the 54th International Congress of Americanists, held in Vienna, Austria, from 15-20 July 2012 and three contributions that were not presented at the session. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-222) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780913516300 0913516309 |