Description |
xvii, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
Series |
The peoples of America |
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Peoples of America.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-311) and index. |
Contents |
The Myth of Tiwanaku -- The Native Myths -- The Modern Mythographers -- Myth, History, and the People of Tiwanaku -- The Sources -- The Ethnohistoric Evidence -- The Archaeological Evidence -- The Linguistic and Ethnographic Evidence -- The Paleoecological Evidence -- The Natural and Social Setting -- Ecology and Economy -- Tiwanaku Emergence -- Tiwanaku Precursors -- Tiwanaku Emergence -- Taypikala: The City at the Center -- Sacred Geography and Urban Design -- Tiwanaku's Civic-Ceremonial Core -- Tiwanaku's Social Map -- Metropole and Hinterland -- Local Environment -- Tiwanaku's Local Economy -- The Technology of Raised Field Agriculture -- Carrying Capacity, Population, and Food Supply -- The Social Organization of Agricultural Production -- Herders and Fishers -- Political Economy and the Social Nature of Tiwanaku -- The Empire Expands -- Ideology and Imperialism in the Titicaca Basin -- The Yungas Zones: Colonial Agricultural Provinces -- Caravans, Clients, and the Far Periphery -- The Decline and Fall of Tiwanaku -- Climate and Collapse -- Vulnerability of Tiwanaku Agricultural Systems -- The Evidence of Changing Settlement Patterns -- The Aftermath of Collapse. |
Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- South America -- Andes Region -- History.
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Indexed Term |
Bolivia |
Subject |
Tiwanaku culture.
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Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- South America -- Andes Region -- Antiquities.
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Indexed Term |
American Indians History |
Subject |
Andes Region -- Antiquities.
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Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- Antiquities.
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Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- History.
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ISBN |
1557861838 alkaline paper |
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9781557861832 alkaline paper |
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