Frontier Life in Ancient Peru : The Archaeology of Cerro la Cruz /

Melissa Vogel's Frontier Life in Ancient Peru offers a new perspective on ancient Peruvian life and geopolitics during a pivotal period of Andean cultural transformation between AD 900 and AD 1300.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vogel, Melissa A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Indians of South America > Politics and government.
Indians of South America > Migrations.
Indians of South America > Antiquities.
Antiquities.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
Indians of South America > Peru > Casma River Valley > Politics and government.
Indians of South America > Peru > Casma River Valley > Antiquities.
Indians of South America > Peru > Chao River Valley > Migrations.
Indians of South America > Peru > Chao River Valley > Politics and government.
Indians of South America > Peru > Chao River Valley > Antiquities.
Peru > Chao River Valley.
Peru > Casma River Valley.
Casma River Valley (Peru) > Antiquities.
Chao River Valley (Peru) > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : geopolitical boundaries in Andean prehistory
  • A time and place of transition : the north coast of Peru, AD 900-1350
  • Archaeological approaches to peripheries
  • Investigating peripheries : the site of Cerro la Cruz
  • Life on the edge of the Casma polity
  • The geopolitical landscape of the Peruvian coast in late prehistory
  • Conclusion : conquest and abandonment.

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