Andean Archaeology II
Subtitle: Art, Landscape, and Society
Contributors: Helaine Silverman (Editor); William H. Isbell (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780306472503
Subjects: Archaeology; Social Science; History - General History; Sociology; Ancient World; Andes; Anthropology - General; Latin America - South America; Social Science / Archaeology; Andes Region; Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology); Indians of South America; Material culture
First sentence: At the end of the 1980s and into the 1990s, archaeologists' thinking about the meaning of ancient Andean art was revolutionized as a result of spectacular discoveries at Sipan, a Moche culture pyramid complex in the Lambayeque Valley on Peru's far north coast.