"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…
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 …
Early new world monumentality
by ProQuest (Firm), Burger, Richard L., Rosenswig, Robert M.
Early new world monumentality
Early new world monumentality
In this collection, prominent archaeologists explore the sophisticated political and logistical organizations that were required to plan and complete the architectural marvels of ancient civilisations. They discuss the long-term political, social, and military impacts these proj…
Collection of writings exploring the sophisticated political and logistical organizations that were required to plan and complete new world architectural marvels. Contributors discuss the long-term political, social, and military impacts these projects had on their respective ci…
Early new world monumentality
In studies of ancient civilizations, the focus is often on the temples, palaces, and buildings created and then left behind, both because they survive and because of the awe they still inspire today. From the Mississippian mounds in the United States to the early pyramids of Per…
Twin Tollans: Chichen Itza, Tula, and the epiclassic to early p…
by Kowalski, Jeff Karl, Kristan-Graham, Cynthia, Colloquium Rethinking Chichén Itzá, Tula and Tollan, Washington, DC, Colloquium "Rethinking Chichén Itzá, Tula and Tollan", Dumbarton Oaks)
fromDumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia
First comprehensive English-language book on the largest city in the Americas before the 1400s. Teotihuacan is a UNESCO world heritage site, located in highland central Mexico, about twenty-five miles from Mexico City, visited by millions of tourists every year. The book begins …
First comprehensive English-language book on the largest city in the Americas before the 1400s. Teotihuacan is a UNESCO world heritage site, located in highland central Mexico, about twenty-five miles from Mexico City, visited by millions of tourists every year. The book begins …
"This is the first comprehensive English-language book on the largest city in the Americas before the 1400s. Teotihuacan is a UNESCO world heritage site, located in highland central Mexico, about twenty-five miles from Mexico City, visited by millions of tourists every year. The…