South America
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Iconografía de la Cultura Tolita: Lecturas del discurso ideológico en las representaciones figurativas del Desarrollo Regional [Hardback]
Maria Fernanda Ugalde (Author)
£70.00ISBN: 9783895006968
Published by : Reichert Verlag
Series: Forschungen zur Archäologie Aussereuropäischer Kulturen
Volume: 7
German info text: Unter den vorspanischen Kulturen Ecuadors ist die Kultur von Tolita fuer ihre detailreich ausgearbeiteten Figuren bekannt, die häufig Mischwesen darstellen. Mittels der Analyse solcher Darstellungen versucht Maria Fernanda... .... Learn More -
Structure de l'habitat du site maya classique de la Joyanca (Peten Nord-Ouest, Guatemala) dans son environment local [Paperback]
Eva Lemonnier (Author)
£44.00ISBN: 9781407305912
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
A study of settlement dynamics at the Maya site of la Joyanca in Guatemala. Topics include subsistence strategies and adaptations, social organisation and demography. French text. .... Learn More -
Ancient Maya Ceramic Economy in the Belize River Valley Region [Paperback]
Kay S. Sunahara (Author)
£28.00ISBN: 9781407305936
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The central goal of this study is to explore the structure and opreation of ancient Maya economies of the Late Classic Period (AD 700-900) through an examination of the proceses underlying the distribution of ceramic goods within the Belize riv... .... Learn More -
Les Debuts de la Guerre Institutionalisee dans L'Aire Andine Centrale [Paperback]
Vincent Chamussy (Author)
£58.00ISBN: 9781407305929
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This volume examines the origins of institutionalised warfare in the Central Andes. Chumassy shows that the region did not experience institutionalised warfare for several millennia during the Formative Period (3000-200 BC), with peaceful theoc... .... Learn More -
Cambio social y practicas cotidianas en el orden colonial [Paperback]
Marcia Bianchi Villelli (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781407304663
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This is an archaeological study of the Spanish colony of Floridablanca in Patagonia, founded in the late eighteenth century. It explores the tensions between the planned colonial settlement and unplanned use of space and social practices by its... .... Learn More -
Faking the Ancient Andes [Hardback]
Karen Olsen Bruhns (Author); Nancy L. Kelker (Author)
£74.50ISBN: 9781598743944
Published by : Left Coast Press
Nasca pots, Quimbaya figurines, Moche porn figures, stone shamans. Fakes and forgeries run rampant in the Andean art collections of international museums and private individuals. Authors Karen Bruhns and Nancy Kelker examine the phenomenon in ... .... Learn More -
Faking the Ancient Andes [Paperback]
Karen Olsen Bruhns (Author); Nancy L. Kelker (Author)
£26.50ISBN: 9781598743951
Published by : Left Coast Press
Nasca pots, Quimbaya figurines, Moche porn figures, stone shamans. Fakes and forgeries run rampant in the Andean art collections of international museums and private individuals. Authors Karen Bruhns and Nancy Kelker examine the phenomenon in ... .... Learn More -
Inca Rituals and Sacred Mountains: A Study of the World's Highest Archaeological Site [Hardback]
Johan Reinhard (Author); Maria Constanza Ceruti (Author)
£64.00ISBN: 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 -
Gallinazo: An Early Cultural Tradition on the Peruvian North Coast [Hardback]
Jean-Francois Millaire (Editor); Magali Morlion (Author)
£76.00ISBN: 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 -
Ancient Tiwanaku [Hardback]
John Janusek (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9780521816359
Published by : Cambridge University Press
The Tiwanaku civilization, centred on Lake Titicaca, was of pre-eminent importance in the Andean region, from approximately 500-1100, yet has attracted considerably less attention, both popular and scholarly, than the Incas who came to replace ... .... Learn More