The Casma city of El Purgatorio
Subtitle: ancient urbanism in the Andes
By: Melissa A. Vogel ; foreword by Michael E. Smith, Marilyn A. Masson, and John W. Janusek
Contributors: Smith, Michael Ernest, 1953- author of foreword; Masson, Marilyn A., author of foreword; Janusek, John Wayne, 1963- author of foreword
Series: Ancient cities of the new world; Ancient cities of the New World
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780813062150
Subjects: Material culture; Incas; Excavations (Archaeology); Indians of South America; Antiquities; Ancient Cities and towns
Description: Through analysis of the excavation sites and material culture of the major urban center of the Inka Casma polity, El Purgatorio, Vogel explores a transformative time in the pre-Hispanic Inka Empire.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-256) and index.
Table of contents: title: Urbanism in ancient America; title: The Andes in late prehistory : an overview; title: The Casma and their capital city; title: The urban environment; title: Urban ritual and the Casma religion; title: Urban economy; title: Urban residents; title: Ancient cities and their worlds; title: The city in retrospect.