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Americas
Andes
architectonics
Author_Melissa A. Vogel
Casma
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Central Andes
ceramics
cities
class
crafts
culture
economic organization
El Purgatorio
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gender
geography
health
history
ideology
Inca
Melissa Vogel
Mesoamerica
metallurgy
mortuary practices
north coast
Old World
Peru
plaza
political economy
pre-Columbian
production
proxemics
religion
ritual
social memory
social organization
status
textiles
theocracy
urban
Urbanism
Product details
- ISBN 9780813062150
- Weight: 545g
- Dimensions: 151 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 27 Sep 2016
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Casma state, which flourished on the north coast of Peru in the centuries before European contact, is an important and vastly understudied ancient culture. Its capital city, El Purgatorio, was inhabited from ca. 700–1400 AD. The rise and fall of El Purgatorio spans a period of dynamic transition in Andean history but has rarely been mentioned in previous research. Melissa Vogel investigates this extensive, monumental urban site in The Casma City ofEl Purgatorio. Using the city’s architecture and spatial organization, its rituals, religion, and mortuary practices, its political economy, and other material evidence, she describes the people who lived there. A culmination of Vogel’s sixteen-year study of the Casma culture, this book demonstrates how ancient cities help us understand the development and collapse of complex societies.
