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Andean expressions : art and archaeology of the Recuay culture /

Flourishing from A.D. 1 to 700, the Recuay inhabited lands in northern Peru just below the imposing glaciers of the highest mountain chain in the tropics. Thriving on an economy of high-altitude crops and camelid herding, they left behind finely made artworks and grand palatial buildings with an unp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lau, George F., 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2011.
Colección:Iowa series in Andean studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Toward a Recuay Prehistory; 2. Land and Settlement in Ancient Ancash; 3. Recuay Architecture; 4. Ritual Buildings and Landscapes; 5. Pottery and Society; 6. Objects of Stone; 7. Chiefly Worlds in Artworks and Imagery; 8. A Prehistory of Recuay Culture; 9. Epilogue; Appendix 1: Demographics in the Department of Ancash; Appendix 2: Radiocarbon Dates from Highland Ancash.