The bioarchaeology of societal collapse and regeneration in ancient Peru / Danielle Shawn Kurin.
2016
F3430.1.C4
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Title
The bioarchaeology of societal collapse and regeneration in ancient Peru / Danielle Shawn Kurin.
ISBN
9783319284040 (electronic book)
3319284045 (electronic book)
9783319284026
3319284029
3319284045 (electronic book)
9783319284026
3319284029
Published
Switzerland : Springer, [2016]
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©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 218 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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F3430.1.C4
Dewey Decimal Classification
985.01
Summary
Annotation This book explores how individuals, social groups, and entire populations are impacted by the tumultuous collapse of ancient states and empires. Through meticulous study of the bones of the dead and the molecules embedded therein, bioarchaeologists can reconstruct how the reverberations of traumatic social disasters permanently impact human bodies over the course of generations. In this case, we focus on the enigmatic civilizations of ancient Peru. Around 1000 years ago, the Wari Empire, the first expansive, imperial state in the highland Andes, abruptly collapsed after four centures of domination.
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Annotation This book explores how individuals, social groups, and entire populations are impacted by the tumultuous collapse of ancient states and empires. Through meticulous study of the bones of the dead and the molecules embedded therein, bioarchaeologists can reconstruct how the reverberations of traumatic social disasters permanently impact human bodies over the course of generations. In this case, we focus on the enigmatic civilizations of ancient Peru. Around 1000 years ago, the Wari Empire, the first expansive, imperial state in the highland Andes, abruptly collapsed after four centures of domination.
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Bioarchaeology and social theory.
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Table of Contents
1. Societal collapse and reorganization
2. Theorizing and operationalizing a bioarchaeology of societal collapse and regeneration
3. Lifeways in Andahuaylas under the aegis of the Wari empire and after its collapse
4. Chanka and Quicha community profiles and mortuary practices
5. Reorganizing society : cranial modification and the creation of difference
6. Raiding and ethnic warfare in the postimperial era
7. Insidious entanglements : health, mobility, and nutrition
8. Medicocultural innovations to cope with collapse
9. Conclusions: Social fragmentation and reorganization.
2. Theorizing and operationalizing a bioarchaeology of societal collapse and regeneration
3. Lifeways in Andahuaylas under the aegis of the Wari empire and after its collapse
4. Chanka and Quicha community profiles and mortuary practices
5. Reorganizing society : cranial modification and the creation of difference
6. Raiding and ethnic warfare in the postimperial era
7. Insidious entanglements : health, mobility, and nutrition
8. Medicocultural innovations to cope with collapse
9. Conclusions: Social fragmentation and reorganization.