Andean Archaeology [Paperback]

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• Explores 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.
  
• Comprised of 13 newly commissioned chapters written by leading archaeologists representing current thinking in the field.
  
• Presents the central debates in contemporary Inca and Andean archaeology.
  
• Progresses chronologically and culturally to reveal the processes by which multiple Andean societies became increasingly complex.

Editor’s Preface.

List of Figures and Tables.

List of Contributors.

1. Introduction: Helaine Silverman (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).

2. The First Settlers: Tom D. Dillehay, Duccio Bonavia, and Peter Kaulicke (University of Kentucky, Universidad Peruana Cayetano, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú).

3. Cultural Transformations in the Central Andean Late Archaic: Jonathan Haas and Winifred Creamer (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, and Northern Illinois University).

4. Building Authority at Chavín de Huántar: Models of Social Organization and Development in the Initial Period and Early Horizon: Silvia Rodriguez Kembel and John W. Rick (University of Pittsburgh and Stanford University).

5. Life, Death, and Ancestors: Lisa DeLeonardis and George F. Lau (Johns Hopkins University and University of East Anglia).

6. The Art of Moche Politics: Garth Bawden (University of New Mexico).