Andean Archaeology I: Variations in Sociopolitical OrganizationWilliam H. Isbell, Helaine Silverman Springer Science & Business Media, 6 dic 2012 - 390 páginas Study of the origin and development of civilization is of unequaled importance for understanding the cultural processes that create human societies. Is cultural evolution directional and regular across human societies and history, or is it opportunistic and capricious? Do apparent regularities come from the way inves tigators construct and manage knowledge, or are they the result of real constraints on and variations in the actual processes? Can such questions even be answered? We believe so, but not easily. By comparing evolutionary sequences from different world civilizations scholars can judge degrees of similarity and difference and then attempt explanation. Of course, we must be careful to assess the influence that societies of the ancient world had on one another (the issue of pristine versus non-pristine cultural devel opment: see discussion in Fried 1967; Price 1978). The Central Andes were the locus of the only societies to achieve pristine civilization in the southern hemi sphere and only in the Central Andes did non-literate (non-written language) civ ilization develop. It seems clear that Central Andean civilization was independent on any graph of archaic culture change. Scholars have often expressed appreciation of the research opportunities offered by the Central Andes as a testing ground for the study of cultural evolu tion (see, e. g. , Carneiro 1970; Ford and Willey 1949: 5; Kosok 1965: 1-14; Lanning 1967: 2-5). |
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Early Andean Civilizations | |
SECHÍN PHASE | |
THE ZUM ZONA URBANA MOCHEURBAN SECTOR | |
DISCUSSION OF MOCHE CHRONOLOGY AND | |
CONCLUSIONS | |
Chapter 4Power and Social Ranking at the Endof the Formative Period | |
CHARACTERISTICS OF SUBTERRANEAN STONE CHAMBERS | |
Chapter 7Iwawi and Tiwanaku | |
IWAWI CERAMIC CHRONOLOGY | |
IWAWI PREHISTORY | |
INTRODUCTION TIWANAKU SETTLEMENT IN THE MIDDLE VALLEY | |
AGRARIAN RESOURCES | |
The Huaro Archaeological Site Complex | |
THEHUARO COMPLEX | |
The Archaeology of Inca Origins | |
THESPATIAL ORGANIZATION OFTHE CEMETERY | |
DEAD SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND POWER RELATIONS | |
THE PRECURSOR TO NASCA IN THE | |
NASCA2EIP 2 | |
NOTES | |
REFERENCES | |
AN INTELLECTUALHISTORY OF TIWANAKU POLITICAL | |
A VIEW OF TIWANAKU FROM THE PROVINCES | |
Catequil | |
CERRO ICCHAL AND THE SITE OF NAMANCHUGO | |
CATEQUIL IN ECUADOR | |
Chapter3Out in the Streets of Moche | |
NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS OF OBSIDIAN SAMPLES | |
Acknowledgments | |
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