Economic Prehistory of the Central Andes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Economic Prehistory of the Central Andes write by Elizabeth S. Wing. This book was released on 1988. Economic Prehistory of the Central Andes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Proceedings of a symposium held in Denver, Colo., May 1-4, 1985, during the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
The Ancient Central Andes
The Ancient Central Andes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ancient Central Andes write by Jeffrey Quilter. This book was released on 2013-12-17. The Ancient Central Andes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Ancient Central Andes presents a general overview of the prehistoric peoples and cultures of the Central Andes, the region now encompassing most of Peru and significant parts of Ecuador, Bolivia, northern Chile, and northwestern Argentina. The book contextualizes past and modern scholarship and provides a balanced view of current research. Two opening chapters present the intellectual, political, and practical background and history of research in the Central Andes and the spatial, temporal, and formal dimensions of the study of its past. Chapters then proceed in chronological order from remote antiquity to the Spanish Conquest. A number of important themes run through the book, including: the tension between those scholars who wish to study Peruvian antiquity on a comparative basis and those who take historicist approaches; the concept of "Lo Andino," commonly used by many specialists that assumes long-term, unchanging patterns of culture some of which are claimed to persist to the present; and culture change related to severe environmental events. Consensus opinions on interpretations are highlighted as are disputes among scholars regarding interpretations of the past. The Ancient Central Andes provides an up-to-date, objective survey of the archaeology of the Central Andes that is much needed. Students and interested readers will benefit greatly from this introduction to a key period in South America’s past.
Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes
Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes write by Nicholas Tripcevich. This book was released on 2012-12-09. Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Over the millennia, from stone tools among early foragers to clays to prized metals and mineral pigments used by later groups, mineral resources have had a pronounced role in the Andean world. Archaeologists have used a variety of analytical techniques on the materials that ancient peoples procured from the earth. What these materials all have in common is that they originated in a mine or quarry. Despite their importance, comparative analysis between these archaeological sites and features has been exceptionally rare, and even more so for the Andes. Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes focuses on archaeological research at primary deposits of minerals extracted through mining or quarrying in the Andean region. While mining often begins with an economic need, it has important social, political, and ritual dimensions as well. The contributions in this volume place evidence of primary extraction activities within the larger cultural context in which they occurred. This important contribution to the interdisciplinary literature presents research and analysis on the mining and quarrying of various materials throughout the region and through time. Thus, rather than focusing on one material type or one specific site, Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes incorporates a variety of all the aspects of mining, by focusing on the physical, social, and ritual aspects of procuring materials from the earth in the Andean past.
Maritime Communities of the Ancient Andes
Maritime Communities of the Ancient Andes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Maritime Communities of the Ancient Andes write by Gabriel Prieto. This book was released on 2019-12-02. Maritime Communities of the Ancient Andes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Maritime Communities of the Ancient Andes examines how settlements along South America’s Pacific coastline played a role in the emergence, consolidation, and collapse of Andean civilizations from the Late Pleistocene era through Spanish colonization. Providing the first synthesis of data from Chile, Peru, and Ecuador, this wide-ranging volume evaluates and revises long-standing research on ancient maritime sites across the region. These essays look beyond the subsistence strategies of maritime communities and their surroundings to discuss broader anthropological issues related to social adaptation, monumentality, urbanism, and political and religious change. Among many other topics, the evidence in this volume shows that the maritime industry enabled some urban communities to draw on marine resources in addition to agriculture, ensuring their success. During the Colonial period, many fishermen were exempt from paying tributes to the Spanish, and their specialization helped them survive as the Andean population dwindled. Contributors also consider the relationship between fishing and climate change—including weather patterns like El Niño. The research in this volume demonstrates that communities situated close to the sea and its resources should be seen as critical components of broader social, economic, and ideological dynamics in the complex history of Andean cultures. A volume in the series Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology, edited by Victor D. Thompson
Ancient Andean Political Economy
Ancient Andean Political Economy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ancient Andean Political Economy write by Charles Stanish. This book was released on 1992. Ancient Andean Political Economy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For more than two millennia prior to the Spanish conquest, the southern region of the central Andes was home to dozens of societies, ranging from modest chiefdoms to imperial states. Attempts to understand the political and economic dynamics of this complex region have included at least two major theories in Andean anthropology. In this pathfinding study, Charles Stanish shows that they are not exclusive and competing models, but rather can be understood as variations within a larger theoretical framework. Stanish builds his arguments around a case study from the Moquequa region of Peru, augmented with data from Puno. He uses the "archaeological household" as his basic unit of analysis. This approach allows him to reconcile the now-classic model of zonal complementarity proposed by John Murra with the model of craft specialization and exchange offered by Maria Rostworowski de Diez Canseco. These models of political economy are analyzed with the concepts of economic anthropology in the tradition of Karl Polanyi. For students of archaeology, Andean studies, anthropology, and economic history Ancient Andean Political Economy will be important reading.
