Andean Archaeology by Helaine Silverman - 9780631234005

Andean ArchaeologyAuthor(s): Helaine Silverman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780631234005, 978-0631234005\nSynopsis\nThis book provides an introduction to one of the most fascinating and well-known centers of ancient civilization.\n\nExplores the rise of civilization in the Central Andes from the time of the region's earliest inhabitants to the emergence of the Inca state many thousands of years later.\nComprised of 13 newly commissioned chapters written by leading archaeologists representing current thinking in the field.\nPresents the central debates in contemporary Inca and Andean archaeology.\nProgresses chronologically and culturally to reveal the processes by which multiple Andean societies became increasingly complex.