Hillforts of the Ancient Andes
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Colla Indians
conquered by the Inca
digs
Elizabeth N. Arkush
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Excavations
Fortification
GIS modeling
Hillforts of the ancient Andes: Colla warfare
history
indigenous group
Lake Region
late prehistoric societies
Peru and Bolivia
Prehistoric
radio carbon dates
social conditions
society
surface survey excavations
Titicaca
Warfare
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- ISBN 9780813061740
- Weight: 462g
- Dimensions: 155 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 02 Jan 2011
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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By AD 1000, the Colla controlled the high-altitude plains near Lake Titicaca in southern Peru. They fought over the region for many centuries before becoming a subject people of the Inca (who described them as the most formidible foes they faced) circa 1450, and then of the Spanish in the sixteenth century.
Like any people at war, the Colla were not engaged in active conflict all of the time. But frequent warfare (perhaps over limited natural resources), along with drought and environmental changes, powerfully influenced the society's settlement choices and physical defenses, as well as their interaction with the landscape.
By focusing on the pre-Inca society in this key region of the Andes, Elizabeth Arkush demonstrates how a thorough archaeological investigation of these hillfort towns reveals new ways to study the sociopolitical organization of pre-Columbian societies.
Like any people at war, the Colla were not engaged in active conflict all of the time. But frequent warfare (perhaps over limited natural resources), along with drought and environmental changes, powerfully influenced the society's settlement choices and physical defenses, as well as their interaction with the landscape.
By focusing on the pre-Inca society in this key region of the Andes, Elizabeth Arkush demonstrates how a thorough archaeological investigation of these hillfort towns reveals new ways to study the sociopolitical organization of pre-Columbian societies.
Elizabeth N. Arkush is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Virginia, USA.
