This title explores ancient alterity: how people in the past regarded others. The book showcases this concept by illustrating how people visualized others in the past, and how it coloured their engagements with them, both physically and cognitively.
This title explores ancient alterity: how people in the past regarded others. The book showcases this concept by illustrating how people visualized ot...
An Archaeology of Ancash is a well illustrated synthesis of the archaeology of North Central Peru, and specifically the stone structures of the Ancash region. All the major cultures of highland Ancash built impressive monuments, with no other region of South America showing such an early and continuous commitment to stone carving. Drawing on Lau s extensive experience as an archaeologist in highland Peru, this book reveals how ancient groups of the Central Andes have used stone as both a physical and symbolic resource, uncovering the variety of experiences and meanings which marked the...
An Archaeology of Ancash is a well illustrated synthesis of the archaeology of North Central Peru, and specifically the stone structures of the Anc...
