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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820184403321

Autore

Adams Richard E. W. <1931-2015, >

Titolo

Ancient civilizations of the New World / / Richard E.W. Adams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; London, [England] : , : Routledge, , 2018

©1997

ISBN

0-429-98191-0

0-429-97083-8

1-4294-9075-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables

Collana

Essays in World History

Disciplina

980.012

Soggetti

Indians of South America - Antiquities

Indians of Mexico - Antiquities

Indians of Central America - Antiquities

Mexico Antiquities

Central America Antiquities

South America Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Complex Cultures, Cities, and a Rapid Survey of the Earliest Old World Civilizations. Old World Pristine Civilizations. Summary and Discussion -- 2. Mesoamerica: Origins and Early Civilizations. Laying the Basis for Civilization: 7000-1500 B.C. The Olmec of the Gulf Coast. The Izapan Group of Cultures. The Origins of Civilization in the Valleys of Mexico and Oaxaca. The Maya Lowlands. Teotihuacan. Monte Alban and the Classic Zapotecs of Oaxaca. Classic Maya Civilization -- 3. Mesoamerica: Transformations and the Late Civilizations. Catastrophe, Disasters, Recoveries, and Transformations. Late Classic Maya Civilization and the Great Collapse. El Tajin: A Transitional Regional Civilization. Tula and the Toltecs. Late Maya Civilizations. Zapotecs and Mixtecs in Oaxaca. The Tarascans of Western Mexico. The Totonac of the Gulf Coast. The Aztecs and Their Empire -- 4. The Central Andes of South America: Origins and Early Civilizations. Geography. Earliest Inhabitants and Cultures. Early



Villages and Regional Centers (5500-2000 B.C.). Growth and Transformations (2000-800 B.C.). The Early Horizon (Chavin). Early Civilizations: Moche, Nazca, the Central Coast, and Tiwanaku (200 B.C.-A.D. 600) -- 5. The Central Andes of South America: Late Civilizations and the Inca. Fall and Transformation on the North Coast. The Huari Empire. The Chimu Kingdom and Chan Chan. Inca Civilization.