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The Ancient Andean States combines modern social theory, recent
archaeological literature, and the experience of the author to
examine politics and power in the great Andean pre-Hispanic
societies. The ancient Andean states were the great shapers of
Peruvian prehistory. Social complexity, architectural
monumentality, and specialized economic production, among others,
were features of these sophisticated societies known by
professionals and travelers from around the world. How and when
these states emerged and succeeded is still debated. By examining
Andean pre-Hispanic societies such as Caral, Sechin, Chavin, Moche,
Wari, Chimu, and Inca, this book delves into their political and
economic structures as well as explores their ideological
worldviews. It reveals how these societies were organized and how
different social groups interacted in the states. Archaeologists
and anthropologists interested in Peruvian archaeology and the
political and social structures of ancient societies will find this
book to be a valuable addition to their shelves.
The Ancient Andean States combines modern social theory, recent
archaeological literature, and the experience of the author to
examine politics and power in the great Andean pre-Hispanic
societies. The ancient Andean states were the great shapers of
Peruvian prehistory. Social complexity, architectural
monumentality, and specialized economic production, among others,
were features of these sophisticated societies known by
professionals and travelers from around the world. How and when
these states emerged and succeeded is still debated. By examining
Andean pre-Hispanic societies such as Caral, Sechin, Chavin, Moche,
Wari, Chimu, and Inca, this book delves into their political and
economic structures as well as explores their ideological
worldviews. It reveals how these societies were organized and how
different social groups interacted in the states. Archaeologists
and anthropologists interested in Peruvian archaeology and the
political and social structures of ancient societies will find this
book to be a valuable addition to their shelves.
This book offers a unique, critical perspective on the history of
Peruvian archaeology by a native scholar. Leading Peruvian
archaeologist Henry Tantalean illuminates the cultural legacy of
colonialism beginning with "founding father" Max Uhle and traces
key developments to the present. These include the growth of
Peruvian institutions; major figures from Tello and Valcarcel to
Larco, Rowe, and Murra; war, political upheaval, and Peruvian
regimes; developments in archaeological and social science theory
as they impacted Andean archaeology; and modern concerns such as
heritage, neoliberalism, and privatization. This post-colonial
perspective on research and its sociopolitical context is an
essential contribution to Andean archaeology and the growing
international dialogue on the history of archaeology.
This book offers a unique, critical perspective on the history of
Peruvian archaeology by a native scholar. Leading Peruvian
archaeologist Henry Tantalean illuminates the cultural legacy of
colonialism beginning with "founding father" Max Uhle and traces
key developments to the present. These include the growth of
Peruvian institutions; major figures from Tello and Valcarcel to
Larco, Rowe, and Murra; war, political upheaval, and Peruvian
regimes; developments in archaeological and social science theory
as they impacted Andean archaeology; and modern concerns such as
heritage, neoliberalism, and privatization. This post-colonial
perspective on research and its sociopolitical context is an
essential contribution to Andean archaeology and the growing
international dialogue on the history of archaeology.
Andean Ontologies is a fascinating interdisciplinary investigation
of how ancient Andean people understood their world and the nature
of being. Exploring pre-Hispanic ideas of time, space, and the
human body, these essays highlight a range of beliefs across the
region's different cultures, emphasizing the relational aspects of
identity in Andean worldviews. This volume breaks new ground by
bringing together an array of renowned specialists including
anthropologists, bioarchaeologists, historians, linguists,
ethnohistorians, and art historians to evaluate ancient Amerindian
ideologies through different interpretive lenses. Many are local
researchers from South American countries such as Ecuador, Peru,
Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina, and this volume makes their work
available to North American readers for the first time. Their
essays are highly contextualized according to the territories and
time periods studied. Instead of taking an external, outside-in
approach, they prioritize internal and localized views that
incorporate insights from today's indigenous societies. This
cutting-edge collection demonstrates the value of a multifaceted,
holistic, inside-out approach to the pre-Columbian world.
This book focuses on archaeological sites and artifacts related to
the Formative societies known as Qaluyu and Pukara (1400 BC-350
AD). These societies developed in the northern basin of Titicaca,
in the Department of Puno, Peru. Focussing on the site of
Chaupisawakasi, Chapter 1 describes the natural environment of the
northern Titicaca Basin, and in particular the valley of
Quilcamayo-Tintiri, a tributary of Azangaro River. Chapter 2
assesses the authors' work in regard to previous research in the
region with a focus on the survey results from 2007 and 2008.
Chapter 3 provides detailed descriptions of archaeological
excavations carried out in 2010 at the site of Chaupisawakasi.
Chapter 4 describes the analysis performed on materials from the
excavations at the site of Chaupisawakasi. Specific data analyzed
include pottery, lithic, botanical and zoological. Finally, Chapter
5 presents the authors' interpretations of Chaupisawakasi. They
explain the history of the site and its passage from a
communitarian society in Qaluyu to a different society that was
imposed by the Pukara state, using comparative data from sites from
the same period in the Quilcamayo-Tintiri valley and other areas of
the northern Titicaca Basin. Finally, this volume offers some
suggestions for future research in the Quilcamayo-Tintiri valley in
particular in the northern basin of Titicaca in general.
This study explains the social development of archaeological
settlements and artefacts related to the first sedentary societies
(1400 BC- AD 350) of the Northern Titicaca Basin, Peru. Such
societies passed through a very wide event horizon, but a major
influence was the qualitative and quantitative changes in the way
these archaeological settlements and objects evolved. This deep
change in historical trajectory is related to the existence of a
society that produced an unusual complex of buildings and artifacts
that are distinguished from others of the Andean area and known
under the name of Pukara (400 BC-AD 350). Spanish text.
Los textos de este libro son auto-biograficos. A diferencia de
tantos escritos academicos no ocultan, sino mas bien visibilizan
todo lo que sucede entre el trabajo de campo y la escritura, ese
espacio tan productivo pero tan contencioso que usualmente se
elimina, se niega, se alteriza.
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