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Beyond the Nasca lines ancient life at La Tiza in the Peruvian Desert

Title
Beyond the Nasca lines [electronic resource] : ancient life at La Tiza in the Peruvian Desert / Christina A. Conlee.
Author
Conlee, Christina A.
Publication
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]

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Description
1 online resource (xiii, 294 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Summary
This book focuses on the site La Tiza, the longest continuously occupied site in the Wari Empire, and therefore provides invaluable insights into the rise and fall of the Wari state.
Uniform Title
Beyond the Nasca lines (Online)
Alternative Title
Beyond the Nasca lines (Online)
Subject
  • Huari Indians > Peru > Antiquities
  • Indians of South America > Peru > Antiquities
  • Nazca culture
  • Nazca Lines Site (Peru)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-281) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Ancient society in Nasca: an introduction -- The dynamics of complex societies -- Life in the Nasca Desert -- Earliest inhabitants: the beginnings of complexity -- Farmers in the desert: the development of complexity -- The Nasca culture: civilization in the desert -- The middle horizon: imperial entanglement and collapse -- Local resurgence: the regeneration of complexity -- The rise and fall of complex societies in Nasca.
LCCN
2016015348
OCLC
ssj0001726956
Author
Conlee, Christina A.
Title
Beyond the Nasca lines [electronic resource] : ancient life at La Tiza in the Peruvian Desert / Christina A. Conlee.
Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-281) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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