LEADER 04000nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910438236603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-93391-8 010 $a1-4614-5200-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4614-5200-3 035 $a(CKB)3400000000093734 035 $a(EBL)1030842 035 $a(OCoLC)822997149 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000811415 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11443907 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000811415 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10850207 035 $a(PQKB)11446879 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4614-5200-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1030842 035 $a(PPN)168302322 035 $a(EXLCZ)993400000000093734 100 $a20121220d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMining and quarrying in the ancient Andes $esociopolitical, economic, and symbolic dimensions /$fNicholas Tripcevich, Kevin J. Vaughn, editors 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 $aNew York $cSpringer$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (358 p.) 225 0$aInterdisciplinary contributions to archaeology,$x1568-2722 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4899-8627-8 311 $a1-4614-5199-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $apt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Pigment, clay, salt and stone -- pt. 3. Metals. 330 $aFrom stone for building to metal ores for ceremonial display, extracting mineral resources from the earth played a central role in ancient Andean civilizations. Despite this, the sites that supported these activities have rarely been a source of interest to archaeologists, and comparative analysis between mines and quarries and their features has been exceedingly rare. Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes focuses on the primary extraction of a variety of materials that, in many cases, were used by cultures like the Inca, Wari and Tiwanaku in well-studied sites. The book delves into the broader mining practices that link diverse materials for a fascinating tour of the social and economic life of the prehispanic period, and of ancient technologies, some of which are still in use. Through the politics of the societies, the practical engineering issues of mineral extraction, and the symbolic nature of the locations, readers are given a broader context of mining and quarrying than is usually seen in the literature. Here, too, is a wide variety of sites, materials, and time periods, including: Technological and social aspects of obsidian procurement focusing on the Quispisisa source. Variation in Inca building stone quarry operations in Ecuador and Peru. Clay and temper mining practices in the Lake Titicaca Basin. Pigment extraction from Chile to southern Peru from the early Holocene through the Early Intermediate Period. The Huarhua rock salt mine: archaeological implications of contemporary salt extraction practices. Later pre-Hispanic (including Inca) mining with consideration of technical, ceremonial and political context. Shifts in architectural stone quarrying during state expansion at Tiwanaku Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes will find an interested audience among archaeologists, geologists, anthropologists, historians, researchers studying Latin America, and scholars in the physical sciences with an interest in the history of mining and how mining is embedded in the wider social realm.  . 410 0$aInterdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology,$x1568-2722 606 $aQuarries and quarrying$zAndes$xHistory 607 $aAndes$xHistory 615 0$aQuarries and quarrying$xHistory. 676 $a609.8 701 $aTripcevich$b Nicholas$01751902 701 $aVaughn$b Kevin J$01751903 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910438236603321 996 $aMining and quarrying in the ancient Andes$94187044 997 $aUNINA