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South America

Moche Fineline Painting from San José de Moro
by Donna McClelland, Donald McClelland and Christopher B Donnan
Moche civilisation flourished on the north coast of Peru from AD 200 to 800. Although the Moche had no writing system, they left a vivid artistic record of their beliefs and activities on intricately painted ceramic vessels, several thousand of which are scattered in museums and private collections throughout the world today. Unfortunately, nearly all were looted by grave robbers so their origin and context are unknown. In recent years, however, ...
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Blood is thicker than water: Amerindian intra- and inter-insular relationships and social organization in the pre-Colonial Windward Islands
by Alistair Bright
This study represents a contribution to the pre-Colonial archaeology of the Windward Islands in the Caribbean. The research aimed to determine how the Ceramic Age (c. 400 BC - AD 1492) Amerindian inhabitants of the region related to one another and others at various geographic scales, with a view to better understanding social interaction and organisation within the Windward Islands as well the integration of this region within the macro-region. ...
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Iconografía de la Cultura Tolita: Lecturas del discurso ideológico en las representaciones figurativas del Desarrollo Regional
by Maria Fernanda Ugalde
German info text: Unter den vorspanischen Kulturen Ecuadors ist die Kultur von Tolita für ihre detailreich ausgearbeiteten Figuren bekannt, die häufig Mischwesen darstellen. Mittels der Analyse solcher Darstellungen versucht Maria Fernanda Ugalde sich der Vorstellungswelt der Schöpfer jener Kunstwerke zu nähern und vorsichtige Rückschlüsse auf die Gesellschaftsstruktur von Tolita zu ziehen. Spanish description: ...
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Excavations at Cerro Azul, Peru: The Architecture and Pottery
by Joyce Marcus
This volume is the final site report on the architecture and pottery of Late Intermediate Cerro Azul. During the course of excavation, the University of Michigan Project excavated two tapia buildings in their entirety, saving every sherd from every room, walled work area, feature, and midden. The Project determined the function of every room, including those whose functions changed over time, owing to seismic damage. The types of rooms include ...
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Machu Picchu: Exploring an Ancient Sacred Center
by Johan Reinhard
Machu Picchu is one of the world's most famous archaeological sites, yet it remains a mystery. Even the most basic questions have long remained unanswered: What was its meaning and why was it built in such a difficult location? This book examines Machu Picchu from the perspectives of sacred landscape and archaeoastronomy. Using information gathered from historical, archaeological, and ethnographical sources, the author demonstrates that the site ...
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Inca Rituals and Sacred Mountains: A Study of the World's Highest Archaeological Sites
by Johan Reinhard and Maria Constanza Ceruti
The Incas carried out some of the most dramatic ceremonies known to us from ancient times. Groups of people walked hundreds of miles across arid and mountainous terrain to perform them on mountains over 6,096 m (20,000 feet) high. The most important offerings made during these pilgrimages involved human sacrifices (capacochas). Although Spanish chroniclers wrote about these offerings and the state sponsored processions of which they were a ...
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Andean Civilization: A Tribute to Michael E. Moseley
edited by Joyce Marcus and Patrick Ryan Williams
This volume brings together exciting new field data by more than two dozen Andean scholars who came together to honor their friend, colleague, and mentor. These new studies cover the enormous temporal span of Moseley's own work from the Preceramic era to the Tiwanaku and Moche states to the Inka empire. And, like Moseley's own studies - from Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization to Chan Chan: The Desert City to Cerro Bául's ...
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The South American Camelids
by Duccio Bonavia
One of the most significant differences between the New World's major areas of high culture was that Mesoamerica had no beasts of burden and wool, while the Andes had both. Four members of the camelid family - wild guanacos and vicuñas, and domestic llamas and alpacas - were native to the Andes. South American populations relied on these animals for meat and wool, and as beasts of burden to transport goods all over the Andes. Bonavia's ...
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Calima and Malagana: Art and Archaeology in Southwestern Colombia
edited by Marianne Cardale Schrimpff
A lavishly-illustrated large format book describing the latest discoveries and research into the arts and archaeology of southwestern Colombia with chapters by Warwick Bray, Theres Gahwiler, Leonor Herrera, Marta Herrera, Anne Legast, Diogenes Patino and Carlos Armando Rodriguez. (Pro Calima Foundation 2005)
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Us and Them: Archaeology and Ethnicity in the Andes
edited by Richard Martin Reycraft
This volume brings together a corpus of scholars whose work collectively represents a significant advancement in the study of prehistoric ethnicity in the Andean region. The assembled research represents a diverse collection of theoretical and methodological approaches, and conveys recent discoveries in several subfields of prehistoric Andean anthropology, including spatial archaeology, mortuary archaeology, textile studies, ceramic analysis, and ...
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