02870nam 2200625 a 450 991078134490332120230725051939.01-58729-974-7(CKB)2550000000035336(EBL)843306(OCoLC)727366873(SSID)ssj0000520891(PQKBManifestationID)11364268(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520891(PQKBWorkID)10514676(PQKB)11361447(MiAaPQ)EBC843306(MdBmJHUP)muse3003(Au-PeEL)EBL843306(CaPaEBR)ebr10468988(EXLCZ)99255000000003533620101014d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAndean expressions[electronic resource] art and archaeology of the Recuay culture /by George F. LauIowa City University of Iowa Press20111 online resource (366 p.)Iowa series in Andean studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-58729-973-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexFlourishing 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 eviIowa series in Andean studies.Recuay culturePeruAncashIndian artPeruAncashIndian architecturePeruAncashIndian potteryPeruAncashAncash (Peru)AntiquitiesRecuay cultureIndian artIndian architectureIndian pottery985/.21Lau George F.1969-924273MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781344903321Andean expressions3731758UNINA