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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779109703321

Autore

Aldenderfer Mark S

Titolo

Montane foragers [[electronic resource] ] : Asana and the south-central Andean archaic / / by Mark S. Aldenderfer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 1998

ISBN

1-58729-264-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Disciplina

985/.2

Soggetti

Indians of South America - Peru - Asana River Valley - Antiquities

Indians of South America - Food - Peru - Asana River Valley

Indians of South America - Anthropometry - Peru - Asana River Valley

Hunting and gathering societies - Peru - Asana River Valley

Mountain ecology - Peru - Asana River Valley

Excavations (Archaeology) - Peru - Asana River Valley

Asana River Valley (Peru) Antiquities

Asana Site (Peru)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 High-Mountain Environments as a Human Habitat; 2 The South-Central Andes and the Osmore Basin as a Human Habitat; 3 The Archaic Period Archaeology of the Western Flanks of the South-Central Andes; 4 Field and Analytical Methods; 5 The Geological Setting of Asana; 6 The Discovery and Initial Permanent Settlement of the Highlands; 7 Growth, Emergent Complexity, and Decline: Asana from 8700 to 5000 B.P.; 8 Rapid Transformation: Asana from 5000 to 3600 B.P.; 9 Asana and Models of Montane Foraging; References Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The rich and diversified archaeological record recovered at Asana--which spans from 10,000 to 3,500 years ago--includes the earliest houses as well as public and ceremonial buildings in the central cordillera.  Built, used, and abandoned over many millennia, the Asana structures completely transform our understanding of the antiquity and development of native American architecture.  Aldenderfer's detailed archaeological case study of high elevation foraging adaptation, his



description of this extreme environment as a viable human habitat, and his theoretical model of montane foraging create a