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Author Kolata, Alan L.

Title The Tiwanaku : portrait of an Andean civilization / Alan Kolata.

Publication Info. Cambridge, MA : Blackwell, 1993.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  984.01 K81T    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series The peoples of America
Peoples of America.
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.
Indexed Term Bolivia
Subject Tiwanaku culture.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- South America -- Andes Region -- Antiquities.
Indexed Term American Indians History
Subject Andes Region -- Antiquities.
Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- Antiquities.
Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- History.
ISBN 1557861838 alkaline paper
9781557861832 alkaline paper
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