Andean archaeology
Andean Religion
andean urbanism
Aspero
Buena Vista
Caral
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ceramics
ceremonial center
Chillon
Community
cultural evolution
El Paraiso
ENSO-related floods
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Inca Empire
Incas
intellectual history
Landscape
Late Horizon
Late Preceramic
Lima culture
Lote B
Lurin River
Lurin Valley
Manchay Bajo
Middle Horizon
Mina Perdida
Pachacamac
Painted Temple
Pampa Chica
Panquilma
Peru
Peruvian central coast
political centralization
Prehispanic Peru
Preservation
Sanctuary
spatial organization
Supe
Temple of the Sun
Urpi Kocha
ychsma
Ychsma-Wari
Product details
- ISBN 9780813069333
- Weight: 151g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 02 Aug 2022
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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New data from the past 25 years of research at an
important pre-Hispanic site
The sacred Andean site of Pachacamac, inhabited for over a thousand years before the Spanish conquest, has an enduring presence in Peruvian history and plays a pivotal role in the formation of current views about religion and thought in the pre-Hispanic period. Unveiling Pachacamac is the first volume to synthesize the past quarter century’s abundance of new data and hypotheses on this important sanctuary.
Gathering contributions from an international array of leading researchers working at the site, this volume examines deep theoretical questions about social change, interregional interactions, the nature of religion, and issues of cultural continuity. It is also the first book to look at the site in relation with its territory and hinterland. As Pachacamac is widely considered an archetypal Andean shrine, used by researchers as a vital reference in comparative analyses of sanctuaries and religions in pre-capitalist societies, this volume will have a long-lasting impact on the field of archaeology.
The sacred Andean site of Pachacamac, inhabited for over a thousand years before the Spanish conquest, has an enduring presence in Peruvian history and plays a pivotal role in the formation of current views about religion and thought in the pre-Hispanic period. Unveiling Pachacamac is the first volume to synthesize the past quarter century’s abundance of new data and hypotheses on this important sanctuary.
Gathering contributions from an international array of leading researchers working at the site, this volume examines deep theoretical questions about social change, interregional interactions, the nature of religion, and issues of cultural continuity. It is also the first book to look at the site in relation with its territory and hinterland. As Pachacamac is widely considered an archetypal Andean shrine, used by researchers as a vital reference in comparative analyses of sanctuaries and religions in pre-capitalist societies, this volume will have a long-lasting impact on the field of archaeology.
Giancarlo Marconeis
chair of the Department of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and director
of the Center for Impact and Social Responsibility at the Universidad de
Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC) in Peru.
