Peruvian Prehistory
An Overview of Pre-Inca and Inca Society

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
List of contributors
Preface
Part I. Early Inhabitants and Settlement:
1. The character and context of highland preceramic society John W. Rick
2. Early hunter-gatherers on the Peruvian coast Claude Chauchat
3. The Late Preceramic and Initial Period Rosa Fung Pineda Translated by Margaret Brown
Part II. The Florescence of Complex Society:
4. Unity and heterogeneity within the Chavín horizon Richard L. Burger
5. The patterns of art and power in the Early Intermediate Period William J. Conklin and Michael Edward Moseley
6. City and state in Middle Horizon Huari William H. Isbell
7. The Late Intermediate Period Jeffrey R. Parsons and Charles M. Hastings
Part III. Pan-Andean Empire and the uses of Documentary Evidence:
8. Progress and prospect in the archaeology of the Inca Craig Morris
9. From event to process: the recovery of Late Andean organizational structure by means of Spanish colonial written records Patricia J. Netherly
Part IV. Contributions from the Selva:
10. A view from the tropical forest J. Scott Raymond
Part V. Synthesis:
11. A summary view of Peruvian prehistory Richard W. Keatinge
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index.

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