Ancient South America
South America is still the least known continent in the world. Ancient South America covers ten millennia of cultural development and diversity upon this great continent. From the first hunters to the empire of the Incas it covers the immense variety of cultures, their unique arts and industries, and the important contributions these little known peoples have made to the modern world.
Print Book, English, 1994
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England], 1994
xxiii, 424 p : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
9780521277617, 9780521259200, 0521277612, 0521259207
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1. Still a new world; 2. A matter of time; 3. The physical setting; 4. The first peoples: 12,000–6000 BC; 5. Settling down: 6000–3500 BC; 6. The problem of maize; 7. Cultural intensifications in the Andes: 3500–2000 BC; 8. Ceramics: their origins and technology; 9. The first civilizations: 2000–200 BC; 10. Textiles: the high art of South America; 11. Metallurgy; 12. Regional diversification and development: 200 BC–AD 600; 13. Iconographic studies; 14. Militaristic and religious movements in the Andes: AD 500–900; 15. Transport and trade; 16. Kingdoms, chiefdoms and empires: AD 900–1438; 17. The sixteenth century; 18. Intercontinental movements before Columbus; 19. The future of a continent; Appendices.
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Bibliografia: p. 401-417