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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781344903321

Autore

Lau George F. <1969->

Titolo

Andean expressions [[electronic resource] ] : art and archaeology of the Recuay culture / / by George F. Lau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2011

ISBN

1-58729-974-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 p.)

Collana

Iowa series in Andean studies

Disciplina

985/.21

Soggetti

Recuay culture - Peru - Ancash

Indian art - Peru - Ancash

Indian architecture - Peru - Ancash

Indian pottery - Peru - Ancash

Ancash (Peru) Antiquities

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; 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

Sommario/riassunto

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