LEADER 03423nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910779109703321 005 20230421050958.0 010 $a1-58729-264-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000000107493 035 $a(EBL)837060 035 $a(OCoLC)644580449 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000591988 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11352049 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000591988 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10727524 035 $a(PQKB)11173793 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837060 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12549 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837060 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579414 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000107493 100 $a19970902d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMontane foragers$b[electronic resource] $eAsana and the south-central Andean archaic /$fby Mark S. Aldenderfer 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (344 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87745-621-6 311 $a1-58729-474-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 High-Mountain Environments as a Human Habitat; 2 The South-Central Andes and the Osmore Basin as a Human Habitat; 3 The Archaic Period Archaeology of the Western Flanks of the South-Central Andes; 4 Field and Analytical Methods; 5 The Geological Setting of Asana; 6 The Discovery and Initial Permanent Settlement of the Highlands; 7 Growth, Emergent Complexity, and Decline: Asana from 8700 to 5000 B.P.; 8 Rapid Transformation: Asana from 5000 to 3600 B.P.; 9 Asana and Models of Montane Foraging; References Cited; Index 330 $aThe rich and diversified archaeological record recovered at Asana--which spans from 10,000 to 3,500 years ago--includes the earliest houses as well as public and ceremonial buildings in the central cordillera. Built, used, and abandoned over many millennia, the Asana structures completely transform our understanding of the antiquity and development of native American architecture. Aldenderfer's detailed archaeological case study of high elevation foraging adaptation, his description of this extreme environment as a viable human habitat, and his theoretical model of montane foraging create a 606 $aIndians of South America$zPeru$zAsana River Valley$xAntiquities 606 $aIndians of South America$xFood$zPeru$zAsana River Valley 606 $aIndians of South America$xAnthropometry$zPeru$zAsana River Valley 606 $aHunting and gathering societies$zPeru$zAsana River Valley 606 $aMountain ecology$zPeru$zAsana River Valley 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zPeru$zAsana River Valley 607 $aAsana River Valley (Peru)$xAntiquities 607 $aAsana Site (Peru) 615 0$aIndians of South America$xAntiquities. 615 0$aIndians of South America$xFood 615 0$aIndians of South America$xAnthropometry 615 0$aHunting and gathering societies 615 0$aMountain ecology 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 676 $a985/.2 700 $aAldenderfer$b Mark S$0120011 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779109703321 996 $aMontane foragers$93766652 997 $aUNINA