Pikillacta : the Wari Empire in Cuzco /

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Imprint:Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2005.
Description:1 online resource (182 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11151248
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Other authors / contributors:McEwan, Gordon Francis, editor.
ISBN:9781587295966
1587295962
9780877459316
0877459312
Notes:Includes bibliographical references pages (165-178) and index.
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Summary:The origin of the first Andean imperial state has been the subject of lively debate for decades. Archaeological sites dating to the Peruvian Middle Horizon time period, a.d. 540 to 900, appear to give evidence for the emergence of an expansive empire that set the stage for the development of the later Inca state. This archaeological investigation of Pikillacta, the largest provincial site of Peru's pre-Inca Wari empire, provides essential background for interpreting the empire's political and cultural organization. With engineering skills rivaling those of the builders of Cuzco itself, the War.
Other form:Print version: Pikillacta. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2005 0877459312 9780877459316