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This volume brings together archaeologists working in Ecuador,
Peru, and Bolivia to construct a new prehistory of the upper
Amazon, outlining cultural developments from the late third
millennium B.C. to the Inca Empire of the sixteenth century A.D.
Encompassing the forested tropical slopes of the eastern Andes as
well as Andean drainage systems that connect to the Amazon River
basin, this vast region has been unevenly studied due to the
restrictions of national borders, remote site locations, and
limited interpretive models.The Archaeology of the Upper Amazon
unites and builds on recent field investigations that have found
evidence of extensive interaction networks along the major
rivers-Santiago, Maranon, Huallaga, and Ucayali. Chapters detail
how these rivers facilitated the movement of people, resources, and
ideas between the Andean highlands and the Amazonian lowlands.
Contributors demonstrate that the upper Amazon was not a peripheral
zone but a locus for complex societal developments. Reaching across
geographical, cultural, and political boundaries, this volume shows
that the trajectory of Andean civilization cannot be fully
understood without a nuanced perspective on the region's diverse
patterns of interaction with the upper Amazon.
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