Andean Archaeology

This book provides an introduction to one of the most fascinating and well-known centers of ancient civilization.

• Explores the rise of civilization in the Central Andes from the time of the region's earliest inhabitants to the emergence of the Inca state many thousands of years later.
  
• Comprised of 13 newly commissioned chapters written by leading archaeologists representing current thinking in the field.
  
• Presents the central debates in contemporary Inca and Andean archaeology.
  
• Progresses chronologically and culturally to reveal the processes by which multiple Andean societies became increasingly complex.

Author: Helaine Silverman
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 05/21/2004
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.62h x 6.70w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780631234012

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2005 pg. 1268

About the Author
Helaine Silverman is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her books include Ancient Nasca Settlement and Society (2002), The Place and Space of Death (edited with David B. Small, 2002), Andean Archaeology I: Variations in Sociopolitical Organization and Andean Archaeology II: Art, Landscape, and Society (both edited with William H. Isbell, 2002), and The Nasca (with Donald A. Proulx, Blackwell, 2002).

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