Andean Archaeology
Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology
1. Edition April 2004
360 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This book provides an introduction to one of the most fascinating and well-known centers of ancient civilization.
* Explores the rise of civilization in the Central Andes from the time of the region's earliest inhabitants to the emergence of the Inca state many thousands of years later.
* Comprised of 13 newly commissioned chapters written by leading archaeologists representing current thinking in the field.
* Presents the central debates in contemporary Inca and Andean archaeology.
* Progresses chronologically and culturally to reveal the processes by which multiple Andean societies became increasingly complex.
Editor's Preface.
List of Figures and Tables.
List of Contributors.
1. Introduction: Helaine Silverman (University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign).
2. The First Settlers: Tom D. Dillehay, Duccio Bonavia, and
Peter Kaulicke (University of Kentucky, Universidad Peruana
Cayetano, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú).
3. Cultural Transformations in the Central Andean Late Archaic:
Jonathan Haas and Winifred Creamer (Field Museum of Natural
History, Chicago, and Northern Illinois University).
4. Building Authority at Chavín de Huántar: Models of
Social Organization and Development in the Initial Period and Early
Horizon: Silvia Rodriguez Kembel and John W. Rick (University of
Pittsburgh and Stanford University).
5. Life, Death, and Ancestors: Lisa DeLeonardis and George F.
Lau (Johns Hopkins University and University of East Anglia).
6. The Art of Moche Politics: Garth Bawden (University of New
Mexico).
7. Clothing the Social World: Ran Boytner (University of
California, Los Angeles).
8. Wari Art and Society: Anita G. Cook (Catholic University of
America).
9. Experiencing the Cities of Wari and Tiwanaku: William H.
Isbell and Alexei Vranich (SUNY-Binghamton and University of
Pennsylvania).
10. Household and City in Tiwanaku: John W. Janusek (Vanderbilt
University).
11. Late Prehispanic Sociopolitical Complexity: Christina
Conlee, Jalh Dulanto, Carol J. Mackey, and Charles Stanish
(University of California, Santa Barbara, Pontificia Universidad
Católica del Perú, California State University,
Northridge, and University of California, Los Angeles).
12. Knowing the Inca Past: Juha Hiltunen and Gordon F. McEwan
(University of Oulu, Finland, and Wagner College).
13. Andean Empires: Terence N. D'Altroy and Katharina
Schreiber (Columbia University and University of California, Santa
Barbara).
Cumulative Bibliography.
Index
and a relief to those who teach the subject. It offers
state-of-the-art summaries of exciting advances, especially
concerning little-known pre-Incan civilisations." New
Scientist
"I became really excited when I first saw Helaine Silverman's
edited volume... Andean Archaelogy, I thought, could indeed
become a source of core texts for undergraduate courses... The
thirteen chapters provide a mix of balanced scholarly review and
pushy polemics dotted with flashes of thoughtful insight."
Alexander Herrera, in Archaeological Review from
Cambridge
