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Ancient South America / Karen Olsen Bruhns, San Francisco State University.
Penn Museum Library F2229 .B78 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bruhns, Karen Olsen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of South America--Antiquities.
- Indians of South America.
- South America--Antiquities.
- South America.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--South America.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- xli, 442 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- "Ancient South America, 2nd edition is completely revised and updated to reflect archaeological discoveries and insights made in the past three decades. It features the full panorama of the South American past from the first inhabitants to the European invasions"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Still a New World
- A Matter of Time
- The Physical Setting
- The First Peoples : 12,000-6000BC
- Settling Down : 6000-3500BC
- The Problems of Maize
- Cultural Intensifications in the Andes : 3500-2000BC
- Ceramics : Their Origins and Spread
- Further Developments in the Beginnings of Civilization : 2000-200BC
- Textiles : The Highest Art of South America
- Metallurgy in Ancient South America
- Regional Diversification in the Andes 200BC-AD800
- Iconographic Studies
- Militaristic and Religious Movements in the Andes AD600-900
- Transport and Trade
- Kingdoms, Chiefdoms and Empires AD900-1438
- The Amazon : Mistaken Ideas and New Investigations
- The 16th Century
- Intercontinental Movements before Columbus
- The Future of a Continent.
- Notes:
- Previous edition: 1994.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-434) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Bruhns, Karen Olsen Ancient South America.
- ISBN:
- 9780521863858
- 0521863856
- 9780521682497
- 0521682495
- OCLC:
- 1394893376
- Publisher Number:
- 99996846829
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