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Sociopolitical And Geomorphologic Dynamics At Chavín De Huántar, Peru, Daniel A. Contreras Aug 2007

Sociopolitical And Geomorphologic Dynamics At Chavín De Huántar, Peru, Daniel A. Contreras

Daniel A. Contreras

The research presented here links questions of human-environment interaction and emergent sociopolitical complexity in the context of the Central Andean Formative Period, at the early monumental center of Chavín de Huántar. Recent work in the monumental core of Chavín has focused more on architecture than environment, leading to the development of a model of “built authority” at Chavín—a vision of monumental construction and ritual practice at the site as part of a carefully designed elite project of naturalizing social inequality and elite authority. My work links this local approach to sociopolitical dynamics at Chavín with broad-based approaches to Andean human-environment …


Gordon Randolph Willey (March 17, 1913 - April 28, 2002), Michael E. Moseley Jan 2007

Gordon Randolph Willey (March 17, 1913 - April 28, 2002), Michael E. Moseley

Andean Past

No abstract provided.


John Howland Rowe (June 10, 1918 - May 1, 2004), Richard L. Burger Jan 2007

John Howland Rowe (June 10, 1918 - May 1, 2004), Richard L. Burger

Andean Past

No abstract provided.


Tello's "Lost Years" 1931-1935, Richard E. Daggett Jan 2007

Tello's "Lost Years" 1931-1935, Richard E. Daggett

Andean Past

No abstract provided.