The Incas and their ancestors : the archaeology of Peru

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In 1532, when Pizarro conquered Peru, the Inca realm was one of the largest empires on earth, rivalling that of Ming China or the Ottoman Turks. This glittering culture however only obscured the rich and diverse civilizations that had preceded it: Chavin, Moche, Nazca, Tiwanaku, Huari and Chimu. Intense research into this heritage has been carried out during the last generation and this work presents a synthesis of these new findings.

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Moseley (University of Florida) has done a magnificent job of summarizing and interpreting the archaeology of Peru. There has been a veritable flood of Andean studies in recent decades and because of this wealth of new information from archaeology, anthropology, ecology, and history, our grasp of Andean development is "undergoing a profound revolution." The scope of this highly readable book ranges from the first arrival of humans to the Spanish conquest. The style is crisp and the approach is apt; Andean prehistory is seen as an extraordinary adaptation to environmental extremes from coastal desert and oases, to high altitude, to tropical rain forest. The illustrations are superb; the bibliography is adequate, although organized by chapter rather than alphabetically; good index. The last summary of Andean prehistory (Geoffrey Bushnell, Peru, 1957) is hereby superseded. A book that will appeal to scholars, students, and travelers alike. G. A. Konitzky; Clarion University of Pennsylvania

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Three decades of progress in understanding the 12,000 years of known Peruvian prehistory are concisely synthesized in this book. Like most authors who write about ancient Peru, Moseley organizes his narrative around the Inca, celebrating their magnificent achievements in art and architecture. He sets himself apart by exploring the role of climatic and environmental change in the area's social and economic evolution, arguing that Andean civilization can only be understood as a response to the stresses of wide differences in altitude, tectonism, and erratic rainfall. An underlying theme is that knowledge of prehistory can illuminate the contemporary human condition. This book covers well-traveled ground, but it has a freshness that should make it the preferred reference, replacing classics such as G.H.S. Bushnell's Peru (Praeger, 1963. rev. ed.) and introducing scholarly works such as R.W. Keatinge's Peruvian Prehistory (Cambridge Univ. Pr., 1988). Recommended for both lay readers and scholars.-- William S. Dancey, Ohio State Univ., Columbus (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Chapter 1 Introduction	p. 7
The Incas	p. 9
The conquest	p. 11
The historical record	p. 12
The archaeological record	p. 17
Chapter 2 Land of the Four Quarters	p. 25
The Cordillera	p. 25
Geography of the Four Quarters	p. 32
Making a living	p. 43
Chapter 3 The Inca Model of Statecraft	p. 51
The cosmos	p. 51
The ayllu	p. 53
Statecraft	p. 70
Chapter 4 Colonization of the Cordillera	p. 87
The colonization process	p. 87
Adaptive dispersal	p. 92
Domestication	p. 102
Chapter 5 The Preceramic Foundations of Civilization	p. 107
Preceramic economies	p. 107
Social formations	p. 114
Arts	p. 115
Monumental architecture	p. 117
Chapter 6 The Initial Period and Early Horizon	p. 131
Irrigation agriculture	p. 133
Monumental architecture	p. 136
Highland developments	p. 143
The Titicaca Basin	p. 154
The Early Horizon	p. 158
The southern sphere	p. 158
Chavin and the northern sphere	p. 163
Chapter 7 The Early Intermediate Period	p. 173
North coast	p. 174
The central and south coasts	p. 196
The sierra	p. 203
The altiplano	p. 208
Chapter 8 The Middle Horizon	p. 223
Moche upheaval	p. 223
Huari adaptive dispersal	p. 230
Tiwanaku	p. 238
Chapter 9 The Late Intermediate Period	p. 245
The Titicaca region	p. 245
The southern sierra	p. 247
The central and northern sierra	p. 257
The central and south coasts	p. 258
Chimor and the north	p. 261
Epilogue	p. 276
Sources of Illustrations	p. 278
General Bibliography	p. 279
Archaeological Bibliography	p. 280
Index	p. 284

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