Product Description

One of the richest and most complex civilizations in ancient America evolved around Lake Titicaca in southern Peru and northern Bolivia. This work is a comprehensive synthesis of 4000 years of prehistory for the entire Titicaca region. It tells a story of the transition from hunting and gathering to early agriculture, to the formation of the Tiwanaku and Pucara civilizations, and to the double conquest of the region, first by the powerful neighbouring Inca in the 15th century and a century later by the Spanish Crown. Based on more than 15 years of field research in Peru and Bolivia, Charles Stanish's book brings together a wide range of ethnographic, historical and archaeological data, including material that has not yet been published.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1252322 in Books
• Published on: 2003-03-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 338 pages

Review
"No previous writer has attempted such an ambitious synthesis of the archaeology of Southern Peru and Northern Bolivia. Stanish is to be congratulated for his bold and successful endeavor. This work will be required reading in university level courses and a regular presence on the bookshelves of Andean scholars for years to come."-Garth Bawden, author of The Moche

About the Author
Charles Stanish is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His earlier works include Ritual and Pilgrimage in the Ancient Andes: The Islands of the Sun and the Moon (2001, with Brian Bauer) and Ancient Andean Political Economy (1992).