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ISBN: 9781931745956
Published by : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Series: Cotsen Monographs
Archaeologists are increasingly recognizing the early Pueblo period as a major social and demographic transition in Southwest history. In Crucible of Pueblos: The Early Pueblo Period in the Northern Southwest, Richard Wilshusen, Gregson Schachn... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781931745888
Published by : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Series: Cotsen Monographs
Volume: 70
Christopher Donnan's Chotuna and Chornancap: Excavating an Ancient Peruvian Legend, explores one of the most intriguing oral histories passed down among ancient Peruvians: the legend of Naymlap, the founder of a dynasty that ruled the Lamba... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781931745840
Published by : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Series: Cotsen Monographs
Volume: 69
Investigation into Early Desert Pastoralism: Excavations at the Camel Site, Negev focuses on two primary purposes, one
theoretical/methodological and the second substantive. Briefly stated, the book comprises a case study of excavatio... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781931745604
Published by : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Series: Cotsen Monographs
Volume: 68
In AD 1438 a battle took place outside the city of Cuzco that changed the course of South American history. The Chanka, a powerful ethnic group from the Andahuaylas region, had begun an aggressive program of expansion. Conquering a host of smal... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781931745741
Published by : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Series: Cotsen Monographs
Volume: 66
Over the last decades, considerable effort has been directed towards the study of early complex societies of northern Peru, and in recent years archaeologists have expressed a strong interest in the art and archaeology of the Moche, Lambayeque ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781931745765
Published by : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Series: Cotsen Monographs
Volume: 67
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 im... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781931745796
Published by : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Series: Cotsen Monographs
Volume: 65
This volume volume sets archaeological excavations at a special-propose estuary site in coastal Chiapas, Mexico, into the larger anthropological context of the origins of agriculture and sedentary life in ancient Mesoamerica. The site of El Va... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781931745543
Published by : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Series: Cotsen Monographs
Volume: 63
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 Precera... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781931745413
Published by : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Series: Cotsen Monographs
Volume: 64
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 do... .... Learn More