Andean expressions [electronic resource] : art and archaeology of the Recuay culture / by George F. Lau.
Lau, George F., 1969-
2011
F3429.1.A45 L385 2011eb
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Title Andean expressions [electronic resource] : art and archaeology of the Recuay culture / by George F. Lau.
Author Lau, George F., 1969-
ISBN 9781587299742 (electronic book)
1587299747 (electronic book)
1587299739
9781587299735
Imprint Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 338 p.) : ill., maps.
Call Number F3429.1.A45 L385 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 985/.21
Summary Flourishing from A.D. 1 to 700, the Recuay inhabited lands in northern Peru just below the imposing glaciers of the highest mountain chain in the tropics. Thriving on an economy of high-altitude crops and camelid herding, they left behind finely made artworks and grand palatial buildings with an unprecedented aesthetic and a high degree of technical sophistication. In this first in-depth study of these peoples, George Lau situates the Recuay within the great diversification of cultural styles associated with the Early Intermediate Period, provides new and significant evidence to evaluate model...
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series Iowa series in Andean studies.
Available in Other Form Andean expressions.
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Toward a Recuay prehistory
Land and settlement in ancient Ancash
Recuay architecture
Ritual buildings and landscapes
Pottery and society
Objects of stone
Chiefly worlds in artworks and imagery
A prehistory of Recuay culture
Epilogue
Appendix 1. Demographics in the Department of Ancash
Appendix 2. Radiocarbon dates from highland Ancash.

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