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There have been a number of histories of Peruvian archaeology, but most focus on the development of cultural sequences, major discoveries, and the contributions of archaeologists to the rise and spread of Central Andean civilizations. Tantaleán, however, places the history of Peruvian archaeology within the context not only of changing Peruvian governmental systems, but of Peruvian archaeological politics and theoretical positions, the establishment of archaeology in museums and universities, and the role of foreign influence in the development of Peruvian archaeology. The 11 chapters include such topics as the western foundation of Peruvian archaeology; archaeology and nationalism in the 1920s; indigenismo in the ancient capital of the Incas; the influence of North American archaeologists in the 1940s; new horizons in Peruvian archaeology; ethnohistory and archaeology in the 1960s; archaeology as social science; processualist archaeology in Peru; archaeology in the 1990s; Peruvian archaeology of the 21st century; and Peruvian archaeology in a globalized world. This volume is a must for those interested in the history of archaeology in the Americas, for it demonstrates the complexity of the development of professional archaeology in Peru from its beginnings in the 19th century to today. --James Bushnell Richardson, University of Pittsburgh
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