Andean expressions [electronic resource] : art and archaeology of the Recuay culture / by George F. Lau.

9781587299742 (electronic book)
1587299747 (electronic book)
1587299739
9781587299735

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2011.

English

1 online resource (xi, 338 p.) : ill., maps.

F3429.1.A45 L385 2011eb

985/.21

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...

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Iowa series in Andean studies.

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