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Frontier life in ancient Peru : the archaeology of Cerro La Cruz / Melissa A. Vogel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vogel, Melissa A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of South America--Peru--Chao River Valley--Antiquities.
- Indians of South America.
- Indians of South America--Peru--Chao River Valley--Politics and government.
- Indians of South America--Peru--Chao River Valley--Migrations.
- Indians of South America--Peru--Casma River Valley--Antiquities.
- Indians of South America--Peru--Casma River Valley--Politics and government.
- Chao River Valley (Peru)--Antiquities.
- Chao River Valley (Peru).
- Casma River Valley (Peru)--Antiquities.
- Casma River Valley (Peru).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Melissa Vogel's Frontier Life in Ancient Peru offers a new perspective on ancient Peruvian life and geopolitics during a pivotal period of Andean cultural transformation between AD 900 and AD 1300.
- Contents:
- Introduction : geopolitical boundaries in Andean prehistory
- A time and place of transition : the north coast of Peru, AD 900-1350
- Archaeological approaches to peripheries
- Investigating peripheries : the site of Cerro la Cruz
- Life on the edge of the Casma polity
- The geopolitical landscape of the Peruvian coast in late prehistory
- Conclusion : conquest and abandonment.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-4217-8
- 0-8130-4044-2
- OCLC:
- 774276710
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