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UNINA9910456662503321 |
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Autore |
Lau George F. <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Andean expressions [[electronic resource] ] : art and archaeology of the Recuay culture / / by George F. Lau |
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (366 p.) |
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Collana |
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Iowa series in Andean studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Recuay culture - Peru - Ancash |
Indian art - Peru - Ancash |
Indian architecture - Peru - Ancash |
Indian pottery - Peru - Ancash |
Electronic books. |
Ancash (Peru) Antiquities |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Toward a Recuay Prehistory; 2. Land and Settlement in Ancient Ancash; 3. Recuay Architecture; 4. Ritual Buildings and Landscapes; 5. Pottery and Society; 6. Objects of Stone; 7. Chiefly Worlds in Artworks and Imagery; 8. A Prehistory of Recuay Culture; 9. Epilogue; Appendix 1: Demographics in the Department of Ancash; Appendix 2: Radiocarbon Dates from Highland Ancash; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Flourishing from A.D. 1 to 700, the Recuay inhabited lands in northern Peru just below the imposing glaciers of the highest mountain chain in the tropics. Thriving on an economy of high-altitude crops and camelid herding, they left behind finely made artworks and grand palatial buildings with an unprecedented aesthetic and a high degree of technical sophistication. In this first in-depth study of these peoples, George Lau situates the Recuay within the great diversification of cultural styles associated with the Early Intermediate Period, provides new and significant evi |
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