Hillforts of the Ancient Andes : Colla Warfare, Society, and Landscape /

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By focusing on the pre-Inca society in this key region of the Andes, Elizabeth Arkush demonstrates how a thorough archaeological investigation of these hillfort towns reveals new ways to study the sociopolitical organization of pre-Columbian societies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arkush, Elizabeth N.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Fortification, Prehistoric.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Antiquities.
HISTORY.
Fouilles (Archeologie) > Titicaca, Lac (Perou et Bolivie)
Fortifications prehistoriques > Titicaca, Lac (Perou et Bolivie)
Colla (Indiens) > Guerre > Titicaca, Lac (Perou et Bolivie)
Excavations (Archaeology) > Titicaca, Lake (Peru and Bolivia)
Fortification, Prehistoric > Titicaca, Lake (Peru and Bolivia)
Colla Indians > Warfare > Titicaca, Lake (Peru and Bolivia)
South America > Lake Titicaca.
Titicaca, Lake (Peru and Bolivia) > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Warfare and the built environment
  • The Colla and their lands
  • Studying fortifications
  • Hierarchy and heterarchy within pukara communities
  • Allies and enemies : pukaras in their spatial world
  • Explaining Colla war : pukaras through time
  • Fractured landscapes : fortification and regional histories.

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