03232nam 2200577 450 991077829060332120230220203009.00-429-98191-00-429-97083-81-4294-9075-6(CKB)1000000000476030(MiAaPQ)EBC5302058(Au-PeEL)EBL5302058(CaPaEBR)ebr11513309(OCoLC)1024285687(OCoLC)1028194549(FINmELB)ELB131637(EXLCZ)99100000000047603020180313h20181997 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAncient civilizations of the New World /Richard E.W. AdamsNew York, New York ;London, [England] :Routledge,2018.©19971 online resource (173 pages) illustrations, maps, tablesEssays in World History0-8133-1383-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Essays in world history.Indians of South AmericaAntiquitiesIndians of MexicoAntiquitiesIndians of Central AmericaAntiquitiesMexicoAntiquitiesCentral AmericaAntiquitiesSouth AmericaAntiquitiesIndians of South AmericaAntiquities.Indians of MexicoAntiquities.Indians of Central AmericaAntiquities.980.012Adams Richard E. W.1931-2015,1576346MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778290603321Ancient civilizations of the New World3854038UNINA