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UNINA9910777889003321 |
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Titolo |
Pikillacta [[electronic resource] ] : the Wari Empire in Cuzco / / edited by Gordon F. McEwan |
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Huari Indians - Politics and government |
Huari architecture - Peru - Cuzco (Dept.) |
Huari pottery - Peru - Cuzco (Dept.) |
Excavations (Archaeology) - Peru - Cuzco (Dept.) |
Pikillacta Site (Peru) |
Cuzco (Peru : Dept.) 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 p. ([165]-178) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Pikillacta and the Wari Empire; Exploration and Excavation at Pikillacta; Pikillacta and Its Architectural Typology; Excavations at Pikillacta; Pikillacta Architecture and Construction Requirements; Wari Hydraulic Works in the Lucre Basin; Data Analysis; Pottery from Pikillacta; Dating Pikillacta; Human Skeletal Remains from Pikillacta; Arsenic Bronze at Pikillacta; Conclusion: The Functions of Pikillacta; References Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The origin of the first Andean imperial state has been the subject of lively debate for decades. Archaeological sites dating to the Peruvian Middle Horizon time period, a.d. 540 to 900, appear to give evidence for the emergence of an expansive empire that set the stage for the development of the later Inca state. This archaeological investigation of Pikillacta, the largest provincial site of Peru's pre-Inca Wari empire, provides essential background for interpreting the empire's political and cultural organization. With engineering skills rivaling those of the builders of Cuzco itself, the War |
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