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The Ancient Central Andes

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The Ancient Central Andes

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The Ancient Central Andes book

The Ancient Central Andes

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The Ancient Central Andes book

ByJeffrey Quilter
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2013
eBook Published 16 December 2013
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315857947
Pages 352
eBook ISBN 9781315857947
Subjects Humanities
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Quilter, J. (2013). The Ancient Central Andes (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315857947

ABSTRACT

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|22 pages

Backgrounds

chapter 2|28 pages

Space, time, and form in the Central Andes

chapter 3|30 pages

The Early and Middle Preceramic Periods

chapter 4|29 pages

The Late Preceramic Period

chapter 5|29 pages

The Initial Period

chapter 6|29 pages

The Early Horizon

chapter 7|31 pages

The Early Intermediate Period

chapter 8|31 pages

The Middle Horizon

chapter 9|31 pages

The Late Intermediate Period

chapter 10|27 pages

The Late Horizon

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