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Hillforts of the ancient Andes : Colla warfare, society, and landscape / Elizabeth N. Arkush.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arkush, Elizabeth N.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Colla Indians--Warfare--Titicaca, Lake, Region (Peru and Bolivia).
- Colla Indians.
- Fortification, Prehistoric--Titicaca, Lake, Region (Peru and Bolivia).
- Fortification, Prehistoric.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Titicaca, Lake, Region (Peru and Bolivia).
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Titicaca Lake Region (Peru and Bolivia)--Antiquities.
- Titicaca Lake Region (Peru and Bolivia).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- By focusing on the pre-Inca society in this key region of the Andes, Elizabeth Arkush demonstrates how a thorough archaeological investigation of these hillfort towns reveals new ways to study the sociopolitical organization of pre-Columbian societies.
- Contents:
- Warfare and the built environment
- The Colla and their lands
- Studying fortifications
- Hierarchy and heterarchy within pukara communities
- Allies and enemies : pukaras in their spatial world
- Explaining Colla war : pukaras through time
- Fractured landscapes : fortification and regional histories.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-3910-X
- 0-8130-3659-3
- OCLC:
- 704342924
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