1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798330703321

Autore

Malpass Michael A.

Titolo

Ancient people of the Andes / / Michael A. Malpass

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, New York ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-5017-0392-7

1-5017-0393-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations

Disciplina

980/.01

Soggetti

Indians of South America - Andes Region

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. LEARNING ABOUT THE PAST -- 2. GEOGRAPHY OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH ANDES -- 3. THE TIME BEFORE TEMPLES -- 4. SETTLING DOWN AND SETTLING IN -- 5. SOCIETAL GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION -- 6. OF MASKS AND MONOLITHS -- 7. ART AND POWER -- 8. CLASH OF THE TITANS? -- 9. AUCA RUNA, THE EPOCH OF WARFARE -- 10. EXPANSION AND EMPIRE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES CITED -- INDEX -- Plates

Sommario/riassunto

In Ancient People of the Andes, Michael A. Malpass describes the prehistory of western South America from initial colonization to the Spanish Conquest. All the major cultures of this region, from the Moche to the Inkas, receive thoughtful treatment, from their emergence to their demise or evolution. No South American culture that lived prior to the arrival of Europeans developed a writing system, making archaeology the only way we know about most of the prehispanic societies of the Andes. The earliest Spaniards on the continent provided first-person accounts of the latest of those societies, and, as descendants of the Inkas became literate, they too became a source of information. Both ethnohistory and archaeology have limitations in what they can tell us, but when we are able to use them together they are complementary ways to access knowledge of these fascinating



cultures.Malpass focuses on large anthropological themes: why people settled down into agricultural communities, the origins of social inequalities, and the evolution of sociopolitical complexity. Ample illustrations, including eight color plates, visually document sites, societies, and cultural features. Introductory chapters cover archaeological concepts, dating issues, and the region's climate. The subsequent chapters, divided by time period, allow the reader to track changes in specific cultures over time.

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Record Nr.

UNISA996660772203316

Titolo

Hogar, metrópolis, corte : negociaciones culturales de la sociabilidad en la España del Siglo de Oro / Marlen Bidwell-Steiner, Teresa Hiergeist (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madrid, : Iberoamericana

Frankfurt am Main, : Vervuert, 2024

ISBN

978-84-9192-469-2

978-3-96869-648-5

Descrizione fisica

268 p. ; 24 cm

Collana

Biblioteca áurea hispánica ; 170

Disciplina

860.9355

Soggetti

Letteratura spagnola - Temi [:] Relazioni sociali - Sec. 16.-17

Collocazione

VI.5.B. 765

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Altra edizione: ISBN 9783968696492 (eBook)

Sommario/riassunto

Juegos, festivales, intercambios epistolares, representaciones teatrales. El Siglo de Oro ofrece una gran variedad de formas de interacción social, con formas propias de expresión de las relaciones amorosas, las amistades o las alianzas políticas. Este libro reúne un conjunto de contribuciones dedicadas a diferentes aspectos de la sociabilidad y su representación en textos ficcionales y factuales, representaciones visuales, musicales y teatrales que facilitan una mejor comprensión del entrelazamiento de las estructuras de poder con nuevas culturas comunicativas y sus estrategias de legitimación, las herramientas de



cohesión social y los modos específicos de concebir y negociar los roles sociales.La interpretación de las acciones sociales depende en gran medida de los espacios en los que tienen lugar. En función de estos varían los actores, las capas sociales, las situaciones, los ambientes y las normas de comportamiento. Para analizar estos fenómenos cambiantes, esta antología define tres ámbitos de actividad clave para la cultura de la sociabilidad áurea: el hogar, la metrópoli y la corte. (Fonte: editore)