"The Ancient Andean States combines modern social theory, recent archaeological literature and the experience of the author to examine politics and power in the great Andean prehispanic societies. The Ancient Andean States were the great shapers of Peruvian prehistory. Social co…
En esta publicación, Chirinos propone el inicio de una nueva fase en el estudio y en las aplicaciones prácticas del quipu y su instrumento de cálculo, la yupana. Este texto se compone de tres partes. La Parte I es una mirada a la historia de los quipocamayos y el papel de los qu…
A fine edition beautifully illustrated dedicated to the mythical Pre-Columbian Andean cultures in northern Peru, and the fascinating mysteries of the ancient Moche governing leaders (religious, warriors, political and social) recently enriched with extraordinary archaeological d…
"Study is based primarily on a pottery analysis. Text is followed by an extensive bibliography and plates showing ceramics and iconography"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
This book synthesizes in-depth bioarchaeological research into diet, subsistence regimes, and nutrition--and corresponding insights into adaptation, suffering, and resilience--among indigenous north-coastal Peruvian communities from early agricultural through European colonial p…
