Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology-1

Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology-1
Author: Mark Aldenderfer
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2005-12-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1938770331

Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology-I is the first in a series of edited volumes that reports on recent research in the south central Andes. Volume I contains 18 chapters that cover the entire range of human settlement in the region, from the Early Archaic to the early Colonial Period. This book contains both short research reports as well as longer synthetic essays on work conducted over the last decade. It will be a critical resource for scholars working in the central Andes and adjacent areas.

Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology-2

Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology-2
Author: Abigail R. Levine
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-12-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1950446115

This volume, the second in a series of studies on the archaeology of the Titicaca Basin, serves as an excellent springboard for broader discussions of the roles of ritual, authority, coercion, and the intensification of resources and trade for the development of archaic states worldwide. Over the last hundred years, scholars have painstakingly pieced together fragments of the incredible cultural history of the Titicaca Basin, an area that encompasses over 50,000 km2, achieving a basic understanding of settlement patterns and chronology. While large-scale surveys will need to continue and areas will need to be revisited to further refine chronologies and knowledge of site-formation processes, the maturation of the field now allows archaeologists to fruitfully invest energy in single locations and specialized topics.

Ancient Titicaca

Ancient Titicaca
Author: Charles Stanish
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2003-03-12
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0520232453

This landmark work brings the author's intimate knowledge of the ethnography and archaeology in this region to bear on key theoretical issues in evolutionary anthropology."--BOOK JACKET.

Archaeological Research on the Islands of the Sun and Moon, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

Archaeological Research on the Islands of the Sun and Moon, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
Author: Brian S. Bauer
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2004-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1938770668

Beginning in 1994, the Proyecto Tiksi Kjarka conducted a complete survey of the Islands of the Sun and Moon in southern Lake Titicaca, along with test excavations of important Inca, Tiwanaku, and pre-Tiwanaku sites. This book provides the final results of this work on one of the most important locations in the circum-Titicaca Basin, with detailed survey and excavation data indispensable for Andeanists and other scholars interested in the development of complex political, economic, and ritual systems in prehistory.

Andean Civilization

Andean Civilization
Author: Joyce Marcus
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2009-12-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1938770366

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 Baul's brewery -- these new studies involve settlements from all over the Andes -- from the far northern highlands to the far southern coast. An invaluable addition to any Andeanist's library, the papers in this book demonstrate the enormous breadth and influence of Moseley's work and the vibrant range of exciting new work by his former students and collaborators in fieldwork.

Andean Archaeology III

Andean Archaeology III
Author: William Isbell
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2008-02-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780387757308

The third volume in the Andean Archaeology series, this book focuses on the marked cultural differences between the northern and southern regions of the Central Andes, and considers the conditions under which these differences evolved, grew pronounced, and diminished. This book continues the dynamic, current problem-oriented approach to the field of Andean Archaeology that began with Andean Archaeology I and Andean Archaeology II. Combines up-to-date research, diverse theoretical platforms, and far-reaching interpretations to draw provocative and thoughtful conclusions.

Constructions of Time and History in the Pre-Columbian Andes

Constructions of Time and History in the Pre-Columbian Andes
Author: Edward Swenson
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2018-03-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1607326426

Constructions of Time and History in the Pre-Columbian Andes explores archaeological approaches to temporalities, social memory, and constructions of history in the pre-Columbian Andes. The authors examine a range of indigenous temporal experiences and ideologies, including astronomical, cyclical, generational, eschatological, and mythical time. This nuanced, interdisciplinary volume challenges outmoded anthropological theories while building on an emic perspective to gain greater understanding of pre-Columbian Andean cultures. Contributors to the volume rethink the dichotomy of past and present by understanding history as indigenous Andeans perceived it—recognizing the past as a palpable and living presence. We live in history, not apart from it. Within this framework time can be understood as a current rather than as distinct points, moments, periods, or horizons. The Andes offer a rich context by which to evaluate recent philosophical explorations of space and time. Using the varied materializations and ritual emplacements of time in a diverse sampling of landscapes, Constructions of Time and History in the Pre-Columbian Andes serves as a critique of archaeology’s continued and exclusive dependence on linear chronologies that obscure historically specific temporal practices and beliefs. Contributors: Tamara L. Bray, Zachary J. Chase, María José Culquichicón-Venegas, Terence D’Altroy, Giles Spence Morrow, Matthew Sayre, Francisco Seoane, Darryl Wilkinson