Elizabeth N. Arkush

War, Spectacle, and Politics in the Ancient Andes

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on the rich archaeological record of fortifications, skeletal injury, and artwork, this book traces changing configurations of power and violence through time, leading up to the Incas, the last great Andean empire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 779g
• ISBN-13: 9781316510964
• ISBN-10: 1316510964
• Artikelnr.: 63118398

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Arkush is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh. She is a leading expert on ancient Andean warfare and has done extensive archaeological research on ancient hillforts in the Peruvian Andes. Her book Hillforts of the Ancient Andes won the SAA Book of the Year Award in 2011.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Severity and spectacle: The nature of our evidence
3. Toward a better model of war
4. Warrior lords: Moche war and status rivalry
5. Us versus them: Threat and solidarity in the late intermediate period highlands
6. The invention of conquest: Chimú and Inca war and coercion
7. Conclusions.